Anderson Technical Rescue Team

05/30/2026

Today the weather held off long enough for the technical rescue team to conduct its monthly training exercise, focusing on patient packaging utilizing Stokes baskets, SKED, and Yates Spec Pak. Subsequently, team members practiced operating twin tensioned rope systems and employing the Arizona Vortex as an artificial high directional to execute multiple raise-lower evolutions. The training concluded with simulated rescue scenarios that integrated all acquired skills, including litter attendants being lowered to victims, loading them into Stokes baskets, and raising them back up!

Anderson County Fire Department
Anderson Fire Department - South Carolina

05/02/2026

The Anderson Technical Rescue Team is honored to be recognized as the 2026 Volunteer Team of the Year at this year’s Dragon Boat Upstate Festival.

For the past 20 years, our members have proudly supported this event by providing water safety operations, ensuring a safe environment for every team, participant, and spectator on Lake Hartwell. From standby rescue boats to trained personnel ready to respond at a moment’s notice, our mission has always been clear—protect life while others compete for a cause that matters.

This recognition is not just about a single year—it represents two decades of commitment, professionalism, and partnership with an event that has made a lasting impact in the fight against cancer across the Upstate.

We are proud to stand behind this mission, proud of our members who dedicate their time to serve, and proud to continue supporting this event for years to come.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

11/20/2025

The team would like to congratulate team member Tayler Burbury and K-9 Boomer on getting certified.

10/26/2025

On October 18 2025 members of the Technical Rescue Team and the Anderson Fire Department responded to assist Broadway Fire Department and Anderson EMS with a hunting accident.

When members arrived they were met with a challenging rescue of an injured hunter approximately 16 feet in a tree sitting in a deer stand. Personnel quickly created a rescue plan utilizing a tensioned skate line and was able to quickly get the patient into EMS care.

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/10/21/deputies-clarify-report-hunting-related-shooting-anderson-county/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANqaS9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpojzjFmQ2uIvZnldu6ZUQg6ZAH7yLFpeDUZNr3aBDY9RNN1vl65H4NhKzmq_aem_KzWCfIWbzLAo4H-lN7lqRg

Officials said the victim was actually shot by a relative.

10/03/2025

Do you have what it takes to serve your community in some of the most challenging and rewarding emergency situations? The Anderson Technical Rescue Team (ATRT) is looking for new members!

09/17/2025

Rescue equipment has improved tremendously in the last 40 years. In the 80s and 90s, fewer than a dozen pieces of equipment were designed specifically for rescue and engineered to our needs. Today we get to choose from a large variety of equipment. But that can make it difficult to pick the best device/manufacturers for teaching purposes.

https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-products/technical-rescue/nfpa-1983-where-did-it-come-from-and-what-does-it-mean?fbclid=IwdGRleAM3yiRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmaDT9P3sf7lMKerLSwHMcN6hWyUFHZZ3xIjToNXMZF5U4QCjWOykblyZtzK_aem_Bg5q5O7x0XI27GbVLZt4OA

The original life safety standard, released in response to a deadly accident, has seen many revisions and additions

06/29/2025

Personnel from the Technical Rescue Team responded to assist on this out of county incident this afternoon.

06/21/2025

Work continues on organizing the collapse trailer. Today personnel completed making 4x4 and 2x4 wedge sets, gussets, and organizing equipment. With a few more miscellaneous hand tools and loose equipmentent the trailer will be fully equipped. 

06/19/2025

The introduction of new equipment creates a need for improved organization and task management. Today, team members worked on reorganizing the collapse shoring trailer, which included sorting hand tools, installing strut extensions, cutting wooden wedges, and storing pre-cut gussets. Over the next few days the trailer will continue to be outfitted and members will begin training on the air shores, structural shoring, and trench shoring as the year concludes!