Technical Rescue Unit (Urban Search and Rescue)
The West Midland's Technical Rescue Unit is one of the best in the country. Located at Bickenhill fire station, the Technical Rescue Unit operates both the USAR pods and vehicles provided by the government, along with several other vehicles specially purchased by the brigade itself. The unit also boasts a brand new urban search and rescue training rig as well as offering rope and water rescue training, making it the one of the top USAR training centres in the UK
12 members of the West Midlands team were deployed as part of the UKISAR (United Kingdom International Search And Rescue) mission to Haiti in the wake of the earthquake there on January 12, 2010. The team were joined by 2 further members who had been in Sweden as part of a training exercise at the time of the earthquake. The team were involved in the rescue of several people, including two-year old Mia, who had been trapped for over four days.
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