Tukwila
Fire Department's Special Operations Rescue Team (SORT). Rescue team firefighters
are highly trained in confined space rescue, structural collapse rescue, trench
rescue,technical high-angle rescue and water rescue. See R51
SpecOps page for more on the spec ops rescue team and equipment.
PHOTOS
- SPECIAL OPERATIONS
and RESCUES
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here for instructions on viewing photos
Airplane rescue
60' above ground. Ladder54 gains international attention.
For complete story GO HERE
Tukwila Special
Operations Rescue Team Official Logo. T-Shirt available!
High Angle rope
rescue
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here to see photos of RESCUE APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT HIGH-ANGLE
RESCUE WATER RESCUE CONFINED
SPACE RESCUE
TRENCH RESCUE BUILDING
COLLAPSE RESCUE HEAVY RESCUE
Confined Space
Rescue training underground
Confined Space
Stokes Rescue
SpecOps recovering
a body from green river
River rescue
search with Ladder54 and Boat51
high angle rope
rescue off a building
car from river
after a rescue
Rescue training
at Alaska Airlines hangar in 1988
rope rescue
training off a tall building
Confined Space
Rescuer insde an ICBM missle silo
Truck 54 firefighting
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find out more
Merle in South Dakota with Rescue 51 (what is he doing??)
All
of this training and equipment made possible by Lt. Byron's starting
of the team and striving to find budget support whereve possible.