NYS Federation of Search & Rescue Teams

Team 11. New Jersey Initial Response Team

 

Area Serviced

New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New York.

(Dependent upon skills needed)

Activation

 

(877) 738-1936 (24-hour operator will take message – include contact phone number, team officers receive page, expect a return call within 10 minutes)

Skills

SAR: 9 FTM, 3 FTL, 5 SARTECH III, 2 SARTECH II, 5 MSO

Canine (Airscent): 4 In-training for Wilderness, 1 In-training for Cadaver

Medical: 7 FR, 3 WFR, 14 EMT, 5 WEMT

Technical Rope: 10 NFPA 1670 Operations, 8 NFPA 1670 Technician

Cave/Abandoned Mine: 5 OCR, 5 NCRC Team Members,

          6 NCRC Team Leaders, 2 NCRC Instructors

Water (Support only): 22 NFPA 1670 Awareness

Ice (Support only): 4 Technician

Equipment

SAR: personnel equipped for 24-hour self-sufficient operations,

          packs tailored to task assignment and training

Cave/Abandoned Mine: 2 4-gas monitors, extreme measures equipment for

          bolting and passage modification

Water: 8 PFDs, miscellaneous personal wetsuits and throwbags

Ice: none

Radios

Surface operations: FRS, GMRS, VHF/UHF field programmable radios

Underground operations: 3 powered and 4 voice-powered field phones with

          ¾-mile wire

Medical

BLS & ALS medical support equipment

Technical

3000’ rope, associated hardware, line gun, Ferno 71, Junkin, Stokes wire

basket litters, SKED/OSS

Maps

MapTech software with maps of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania;

laptop and printer

Additional

Equipment trailer (new addition – projected operational in Spring 2007)

 

New Jersey Initial Response Team
P.O. Box 2153
Branchville, NJ 07826

 

Web page: www.njirt.org

Chief
John Gumbs
(570) 409-0394 (home)

(201) 713-8200 (pager)

trec@nac.net

Assistant Chief
Jeff Larsen
(973) 948-0955 (home)

(201) 713-8318 (pager)

njbuxton@earthlink.net