PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Fire departments in the cities of Kalamazoo and Portage along with Comstock and Oshtemo townships are forming the Kalamazoo Technical Rescue Team, or KTRT.
The county’s fire departments will specialize in rescue situations like building collapses, trench rescues, technical rescues, and high-angle rescues.
Oshtemo Township Deputy Fire Chief Eric Burghardt says before, he would have to tell dispatch he needed certain equipment and a specific department to respond, and now only needs to call for the technical rescue team.
Fire officials say they are prepared now to respond to any situation.
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