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Ohio Special Response Search and Rescue Team Announces a New Disaster Flood Rescue Resource for Volunteer First Responders
Mansfield, Ohio – The 100 year and 500 year floods have become a yearly occurrence yet, prior to now, there were simply not enough flood rescue responders to cover the scope of these disasters. The Ohio Special Response Team (OSRT), an ESF-9 search, rescue, and disaster response team, announces the publication of “Flood Rescue, Extraction, and Evacuation: A Resource for Non-Traditional Volunteer Disaster Responders”. The text, written by Captain Alan L. Plastow, the Ohio Spec
Jul 202 min read
Ohio Special Response Team partners with 6 Ohio County EMA Directors to provide CERT members with advanced training and field exercises.
Team members use a rope rescue belay to aid in extracting a Stokes Basket down ten flights of stairs. OSRT has joined forces with County...
May 20, 20252 min read
My child is missing! Why aren't the police doing anything?
But wait. Before we go any further, May 25th is the 2024 National Missing Children's Day ( Bet you didn’t even know this designation...
Jun 2, 20235 min read
OSRT Search and Rescue Team K-9s Invade Carter Lumber in Mogadore, Ohio
Seven search and rescue K-9s descended on Carter Lumber in Mogadore, Ohio to conduct an urban search exercise throughout the facility’s eight structures.
May 1, 20221 min read
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