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Guarding America — Defending Freedom

ANG Fire Emergency Services (FES)

ANG Search & Rescue Initiative

The Air National Guard

David Sandoval

Command Fire Chief

UNCLASSIFIED

ANG SAR Goals

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Created by NGB/CXF

• Expand inherent ANG Firefighter rescue capabilities to

include Search & Rescue (SAR)

• Provide homeland response capability

• Qualified to Support CST, HRF, CERFP, and FEMA Type - I

& II SAR Teams

• Support Domestic Incident in the Homeland

• Response to All Hazards

• Provide trained individuals to respond to the incident

• ANG Response capabilities within 6 hours of notification

ANG SAR Goals


Created by NGB/CXF

• Initial

• Develop two, modified Type-III SAR teams in each FEMA region

• Configured for lighter construction, usually encountered in weather-

related natural disasters. Teams are organized into four major

functional elements: search, rescue, technical and medical.

• Total of 300 ANG Traditional firefighters initially

• Trained to Technician level for all Search & Rescue competencies

• Trained to FEMA Structural Collapse technician level

• Long Term

• Train all ANG firefighters in SAR

• Total of 1950+

• FY14, 1055 ANG FFs trained to the Rescue Technician II level.

• All FF would be trained to the FEMA structural collapse technician

level

SAR Team COA

Course of Action

• Develop Two 15 member SAR teams per FEMA Region

• Each Team to Provide Type-III SAR Capability

• Deployable In or Out of FEMA Regions

• Fully Equipped Including response vehicles

Potential Benefits

• Fully trained and equipped technical rescue teams on scene 6 hours after

incident occurs

• Teams would augment follow on HRF, CERFP, CST and/or FEMA I & II

teams

• Capable of State and local response via existing mutual aid agreements

• UTCs Provides Flexibility in Team Construct

Total Trained


Created by NGB/CXF

• Trained (30 Sep 13) 968 Personnel

• Tech I- 615

• Tech II- 353

• Training FY 2014 (DFT) 420 Personnel

• Tech I- 284

• Tech II- 136

Projections


Created by NGB/CXF

• Projections for out years including new

requirements and refresher exercises every three

years.

• 2015 300 Personnel (200 Exercise, 100 new)



Search and Rescue (SAR – Civil Engineers) (A7)

RTS Site Benefits


Created by NGB/CXF

• US&R Rescue Tech I/II Initial Certification

• US&R Rescue Technician I/II Proficiency Training

• ARFF Live Fire – SORTS Reportable

• Structural Live Fire – SORTS Reportable

• Hazmat Recertification – Annual Requirement

• Confined Space Training – Annual Requirement

• Rescue I & II Tri-annual Exercise

DoDD 3003.01 Reference


Created by NGB/CXF

• Department of Defense shall support civil

authorities providing Search and Rescue services.

• When directed by SECDEF, CDR Air National

Guard will provide military support to FEMA

SAR task forces.

AFI 32-2001


Created by NGB/CXF

• Technical Rescue: The Fire Chief will maintain a

capability to perform rescues related to the FES

core missions. This capability may be integrated

with other functions through cross staffing or

provided as a stand alone capability.

• Required training in special operations such as

confined space, high/low angle, rope rescue,

search and rescue, vehicle extrication, and water

rescue.

NGR 500-1/ANGI 10-8101


Created by NGB/CXF

• National Guard Civil Support — for which the

National Guard normally serves in a supporting

role to other primary state or federal agencies by

providing assistance to U.S. civil authorities at

the federal, state, tribal, and local levels

NFPA Requirements

• National Fire Protection Association 1500 Standard

on Fire Department Occupational Safety

• Section 5.4.4 Operations and training for technical

rescue incidents

• National Fire Protection Association 1006 Standard

on Rescue Technician Training


Created by NGB/CXF

The Way Forward


Created by NGB/CXF

• Move to Action Phase

• Establish UTC - Complete

• Establish Type III Task Force Identification

• Establish MISCAP

• Establish/Brief CONOPS up through NGB Joint Staff

• Obtain Tasking Capability – Northern Command

• Develop relationships with CRFP, HRF, CST including training/exercises

• Funding for Training and Equipment

• Flexibility in Training and Equipping Enables Staged Implementation

• Funding For Sustainment, Training, Equipment

• Inconsistent Sources Available

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