Least Resistance Training Concepts (LRTC) Volunteers Training for Emergencies

LRTC Emergency Response Team RESOURCE GUIDE SPECIAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT (SOS-1) Updated February 1, 2019 Garage location: Stagecoach, NV This information sheet is primarily intended for persons associated with or working with the LRTC Emergency Response Team, however the information may be useful to other groups or private individuals who may wish to similarly equip a support unit or who may need to utilize the resources available from LRTC's inventory during an emergency. The Special Operations Support trailer (often simply referred to as the "SOS") responds as the second-out unit to technical large animal rescues and wide-area evacuation operations. It carries the heavy technical rescue equipment including cutting tools, ram, hydraulic jaws, etc., a large compliment of rope rescue equipment, generator and portable lighting and related equipment, and it also carries supplies to support an evacuation operation, staging area, etc. The unit's inventory includes: Air For Paws kit Becker Sling Boat hook Bolt cutters Caution tape Circular saws and cutters Combination ladder Come-Along Cordless rescue tools Dewatering pump Drills Drawbar ring Equine head protector Extension cords Fire extinguisher First aid kit Flashlights (light wands) Flagging tape Folding chairs Forestry helmets Generator, portable, 4kW Ground pads Halters and leads Personal descender / ascender Pickets (duplex for anchors) Pool noodles Portable lighting Porta-Power hydraulic tools Recovery straps Rescue and prying tools Halligan tool Pry bars heavy bar Prusiks and Purcels Rescue and utility ropes Rope accessories & padding Saber saw Safety eyewear Sledge hammers Steel strap guide Step chocks and cribbing Tarps Tool box Traffic cones Throw ribbons (on washers) Webbing Wheel chocks Overhead rack: Boat hook, combination ladder, steel strap guide, ground pads, heavy digging bar. Generator access - exhaust direction. (Generator controls operated from inside.) Front compartment. Spare fuel container. Fire extinguisher and collapsible tire chocks. Driveway "drop cones" with ribbons distinctive from those used by the fire district. Please note: Several pieces of equipment now carried on the SOS unit were originally carried on Rescue 3. This gear was relocated to the SOS unit to lighten Rescue 3 and render it more user friendly. Please see the Revised Rescue 3 Inventory for the current compliment of rescue gear on that first out resource. Return to Information Sheets and Resource Guides Return to Sample Incident Responses Return to LRTC TLAR / EVAC Page The training information presented in these information sheets and guides is offered for illustrative and volunteer refresher purposes only. It is not a substitute for actual hands-on training. Press Back to return to the page which brought you here Return to LRTC Wild Horse Mentors Return to KBR Training Page Go To KBR Horse Net