Minnesota Task Force 1

This past week MN-TF1 completed our Unified Quarterly Training 4 (UQT4) which simulated a Type III Task Force deployment for a tornado response. Members went through our check-in process, received a briefing from our management team, and convoyed to the training location.

The crews had the opportunity to train in a vacant city block in downtown Hastings to simulate search and rescue scenarios in a realistic environment.

The management team ran the operations remotely at our Point of Departure (POD) using the Search and Rescue Common Operating Platform (SARCOP) which is a federal Urban Search and Rescue software that allows incident command to receive real-time updates on team locations, search and rescue progress, building damage assessments, and victim information.

Thank you to City of Hastings for providing us this unique training location!

Congrats to Chief Sweeney, who is also one of our Plans Team Managers!

Congratulations to Spencer Sweeney on his promotion to Battalion Chief. Spencer will be transitioning from his previous role as Captain of Truck 42 to his new position as Battalion Chief, operating out of Fire Station 2.

Today our Heavy Equipment Rigging Specialists (HERS) had their annual training in Minneapolis. Huge thank you to Twin Cities Transport & Recovery for coming out and showing off their heavy rotator truck! While our US&R operations usually involve working with cranes, it was great to learn about the capabilities, flexibility and versatility of a heavy rotator.

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