North Area Technical Rescue Team

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The North Area Technical Team (NATRT) was formed in June of 1995 as a coordinated technical rescue training program for area fire departments. NATRT responds to specialized rescues in the suburbs north of Denver, Colorado and is made up of firefighters from: Adams County Fire Department, Arvada Fire Department, Brighton Fire/Rescue, Federal Heights Fire Department, Frederick Firestone Fire Departm

ent, North Metro Fire Rescue, South Adams Fire Department, Thornton Fire Rescue and Westminster Fire Department. The primary response district of the North Area Technical Rescue Team spans into parts of five counties (Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Jefferson and Weld) covering roughly 450 square miles. We protect a population of over 700,00 residents on a daily basis. Currently, the four main disciplines of focus are rope rescue, confine space, trench rescue and structural collapse. We are also capible to perform heavy extrication, industrial machinery/ farm equipment rescue and large animal rescue.

02/28/2026
08/12/2025
08/01/2025

NATRT Quarterly Training The North Area Technical Rescue Team (NATRT) held quarterly training at the North Metro Fire Rescue Training Facility on July 31st, 2025. The crews spent part of their day cutting and drilling through various materials they might find at the scene of a collapse. Firefighters...

This week, the North Area TRT is training on structural collapse fundamentals, specifically breaking, breaching, and bur...
07/29/2025

This week, the North Area TRT is training on structural collapse fundamentals, specifically breaking, breaching, and burning. Crews from Fire Departments across the North Denver and Boulder metros came together to hone their skills on clean and dirty concrete breach techniques, as well as torch cutting and weight calculations. These skills are critical in large-scale disaster incidents involving collapsed structures where people may be trapped requiring rescue.

06/14/2025
06/10/2025
Great gondola evac training at Waterworld this week. We had NATRT members from North Metro, Brighton, Arvada, Adams Coun...
06/07/2025

Great gondola evac training at Waterworld this week. We had NATRT members from North Metro, Brighton, Arvada, Adams County, South Adams County, Thornton and of course our host Federal Heights. We only had to bail off the cars for severe spring weather (lightning) once…😆

04/23/2025
Strong work friends!
12/23/2024

Strong work friends!

12/04/2024

The department's Special Operations Team safely lowered the individual from a height of 140 feet without any injuries to the worker or first responders.

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