clobby said:
Anyone a member? How is the commitment? I have always been interested in SAR and have some experience with the feds as well as a medical background.
Anyone have and experience interacting/collaborating with these groups?
Looked into it years ago when I first certed as a EMT. TTF is a specialized unit though with specialist roles, meaning they are looking for more advanced training and experience. Things like confined space rescue, structural collapse training, all sorts of rope training, multiple levels of water rescue, things like that. Generally people with several years of firefighting and paramedic experience that do the extra stuff. Basically you need the more advanced official trainings of the things you would think of for that type of work. Either NFPA or FEMA or both. NREMT-P for medic of course.
They do
have animal vet stuff (double checked and the emergency animal vet team that deploys with TTF often is with the vet school at TAMU officially and not TTF itself) and support staff too though. Not sure what the recs are for those though off top of head.
ETA: As far as the commitment, I remember it being you have to live within 3 hours of CS and there were multiple teams that did month long on/off cycles where you could get called up. They worked with your employer if that happened.
