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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
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ANG SAR Goals
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• 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
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ANG SAR Goals
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• 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
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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
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Total Trained
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• Trained (30 Sep 13) 968 Personnel
• Tech I- 615
• Tech II- 353
• Training FY 2014 (DFT) 420 Personnel
• Tech I- 284
• Tech II- 136
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Projections
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• Projections for out years including new
requirements and refresher exercises every three
years.
• 2015 300 Personnel (200 Exercise, 100 new)
• 2016 300 Personnel (200 Exercise, 100 new)
• 2017 300 Personnel (200 Exercise, 100 new)
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Search and Rescue (SAR – Civil Engineers) (A7)
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RTS Site Benefits
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• 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
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DoDD 3003.01 Reference
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• 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.
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AFI 32-2001
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• 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.
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NGR 500-1/ANGI 10-8101
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• 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
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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
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The Way Forward
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• 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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Guarding America — Defending Freedom
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