RESCUE


    Chicago Fire Department runs tandem units for their squad companies. An "everything's included" large utility truck and a snorkel truck for aggressive, up-close defensive firefighting. Here CFD Squad 5 responds to a report of a drowning victim in Lake Michigan, but police rescued the man before Squad 5 arrived.

    A rescue squad is a specific public service organization for rescue operations in a community, or a specific unit within a fire department or fire protection district. In Illinois, most rescue squads operate as a unit as part of a fire department or fire protection district.


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    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT Definitions ...
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    Some rescue units use small rescue trucks that accompany most EMS calls with the ambulance. Heavy rescue units utilize larger trucks with specialized rescue equipment prepared to perform heavy extrication, as in crashes involving semi-trailer trucks and smaller vehicles on an expressway. The equipment is prepared to stabilize vehicles, and cut and spread steel and other vehicle materials to free people from entrapment. Squad personnel in fire departments or fire protections districts are also prepared to go to work on regular or specific fireground operations.






    Some large city units, such as Chicago Fire Department Squad 5 (above) cover large districts of the city -- prepared to respond to all major fire calls, crashes and other major incidents. The Chicago squad uses two vehicles, as described in the caption above.

    Some smaller rural community rescue squads are primarily more economical EMS response units operating from ambulances. They are available for quick response locally for the majority of EMS calls, and coordinate operations with nearby larger fire departments or fire protection districts when heavy rescue is required or more complicated operations are necessary.

    On NBC's CHICAGO FIRE: The squad responds to a water rescue when a young boy falls into the icy waters of Lake Michigan.
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    Dive Rescue

    Collapse Rescue

    High-Angle Rescue

    Technical Rescue Team

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