14 members of the Saxton Technical Rescue Team now part of the Pennsylvania Squad 3 USAR Team attended a special training exercise at the Harrisburg Area Community College on Saturday morning. The exercise was handled as a true incident with the team being dispatched by the Bedford County 911 Center at 6:15 a.m. The team assembled, checked their equipment list and went through their medical evaluations according to team protocol. Rescue 35 with the Technical Rescue Trailer traveled to Carlisle where they met the Squad 3 USAR units and then convoyed to Harrisburg. Upon arrival the team was given their instructions on the simulated incident. Crews worked to set up the Command post, establish site communications and stage equipment prior to going to work. The crews worked all day on Tech Search, breeching, breaking, cutting, shoring, confined space entry, patient extrication and numerous other technical rescue skills during the event. It was a great day!
 

The Saxton Team would like to thank Chief Gary Dennis, USAR team leader and his entire Squad 3 team along with Randy Padfield from the Harrisburg Area Community College for making this great training.