Chattanooga Hamilton County Rescue Service

Several CHCRS members and recruits spent the week attending T-SAR at Fall Creek Falls State Park, serving as both instructors and students in a Rope Rescue Operations course. We also had several members attend the T-SAR tracking class.

This training is a requirement for all incoming CHCRS recruits, who dedicated the week to developing fundamental rope rescue skills while working alongside agencies from across the state.

With our 2026 Recruit Class now just one month from graduation, we are proud of the hard work they have shown and look forward to integrating them into the team as provisional members.

CHCRS members spent last week sharpening their skills during an intensive 5-day Artificial High Directional (AHD) training led by Origin Rigging.

We were honored to train and collaborate alongside personnel from the Chattanooga Fire Department and the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security strengthening interagency coordination and technical capability.

We would like to thank Origin Rigging for their instruction and also thanks to Tennessee American Water, AT&T field and the Jasper Highlands Fire Department for providing us with great venues to train at for the week.

The CHCRS recruits wrapped up their Orientation Cave Rescue Weekend with a mock cave rescue. Everyone did a great job.

Thanks to the instructors and mock patients for giving their time.

Our recruits are getting their first taste of cave rescue this week in an Orientation to Cave Rescue class with instructors from the National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC).

Today’s focus: patient packaging, litter movement through tight passages, and underground communications.