The National Disaster Response Team is dedicated to providing the best possible services to disaster victims and first responders. To do this we must be vigilante in our efforts to be flexable and to utilize the newest and innovative ideas available in order to provide you, the disaster victim, and you, the first responder with the best services available.
Disasters may not happen often where you live but when they do, they are devastating.
A natural or man-made disaster just struck where you live or work or play. (Do not be ashamed of this next part folks, unless you are trained or deal with these type of situations all the time the reaction is normal)You panic along with everyone else, you scatter to the winds seeking safety, you try to protect your family from harm. You find yourself in a state of Chaos, Shock, and a thousand other emotions as the reality of what is happening or just happened begins to sink in.
Then it is over and the screams of the injured, lost, terrified, fills the air. You and your loved ones are safe, though people you have known for years or never met, where not so lucky. People around you are trapped, injured, lost and quite possibly dead. In the blink of an eye the world around you has changed from every day life to one that can only be described as a bad disaster movie, only it is reality.
FACT: Immediate assistance from first responders will be slow and sluggish after a major disaster strikes. Hospitals and First Responders in the immediate disaster zone will be either damaged, lost, or at least temporarily out of action. Mutual aid will have to called upon, and that will entail mobilization, logistics, etc...............
This is NOT a doomsday prediction Ladies and Gentlemen, but a harsh fact. And people who survived the Quake of 89 in California, Hurricane Andrew and Katrina, the Floods of the MidWest and Tennessee can testify to that as they have experienced the above mentioned scenario first hand.
FACT: 90 + % of all Rescues done in a disaster, are done by untrained, unskilled people. These people are your neighbors, co-workers, friends or strangers. This does not degrade your local responders because they can not be everywhere at once when a disaster strikes.
The world of disaster response is forever changing as new and innovative ideas, both practical and not, appear daily. What makes an organization, agency or group capable of handling a disaster successfully is how they use these innovations, or if they use them at all. The newest addition (Section) to the NDRT is the ASAR Section listed below. Mankind isn't the only creature affected by disasters and Wild or Domestic, all creatures deserve a chance to survive.
The National Disaster Response Team is comprised of 2 Response Phases.
The first phase or primary phase is known as Phase 1. This Phases' primary mission is 3 fold: 1) Establish mission, contact, location and set-up. 2) Search and Rescue, Evacuation. 3) Provide First-Aid to those in need.
As you will see below and on the next page (Phase 2) There is a break-down for Chain of Command, Sections, and Vehicle & equipement.
((SPECIAL NOTE:)) You will also find illustrations and links to unique items which the NDRT ardently supports due to the potential capabilities of these items to help save lives and make assisting you in disasters easier. As such we need to state this: All copyrights, patents etc., unless stated otherwise, belong to the perspective individuals, organizations, agencies and/or companies that created them. By using them on this site, it is for the soul purpose of illustrating the need to utilize such things for disaster response and how the NDRT would or plan to utilize such things for your benefit.
Phase 1 Commander: 1 (P1C) Public Relations Leader: 1 Liason Leader 1 C & C Officer 1 C & C Chief 1 C & C Personnel – Varies Admin Leader 1 Admin Personnel - Varies
SAR Officer 1 SAR Chief 1 SAR Section Leaders 2 (1 Ground, 1 Amphib) SAR Unit Leaders 16 (8 ground, 8 Amphib) SAR Unit Personnel – Varies
ASAR Officer 1 ASAR Chief 1 ASAR Section Leaders 2 (1 Ground, 1 Amphib) ASAR Unit Leaders 12 (4 ground, 8 Amphib) ASAR Unit Personnel – Varies
Phase 1 Commander: 1 (P1C) Public Relations Leader: 1 Liason Leader 1 C & C Officer 1 C & C Chief 1 C & C Personnel – Varies Admin Leader 1 Admin Personnel - Varies
SAR Officer 1 SAR Chief 1 SAR Section Leaders 2 (1 Ground, 1 Amphib) SAR Unit Leaders 16 (8 ground, 8 Amphib) SAR Unit Personnel – Varies
Search & Rescue Command Unit: 1 - Crew Cab Trailer Hauler, 1 - 48ft to 53ft Trailer. This unit will serve as both initial supply for the SAR section and Command for this section. Crew: Section Chief + 3 UP
Search & Rescue Ground Unit: 8 - Specialized Utility Trucks each w/ Trailer (24’ – 36’ hitch) Each trailer will carry 1 Amphib ATV, 1 - 6' Med Rack and 1 - 4' Med rack as well as various SAR equipment & supplies. Crew: 8-UL , 24-UP (Per unit: 1 UL, 3 UP)
ASAR Officer 1 ASAR Chief 1 ASAR Section Leaders 2 (1 Ground, 1 Amphib) ASAR Unit Leaders 12 (8 ground, 4 Amphib) ASAR Unit Personnel – Varies
Animal Search & Rescue Command Unit: 1 - Crew Cab Trailer Hauler, 1 - 48ft to 53ft Trailer. This unit will serve as both initial supply for the SAR section and Command for this section. Crew: Section Chief + 3 UP
Animal Search & Rescue Ground Unit: 4 - Specialized Utility Trucks each w/ Trailer (24’ – 36’ hitch) Each trailer will carry 1 Amphib ATV, 1 - 6' Med Rack and 1 - 4' Med rack as well as various SAR equipment & supplies. Crew: 4-UL , 12-UP (Per unit: 1 UL, 3 UP)
Animal Search & Rescue Ground Unit: 4 - Specializes Trailers (2 Cattle Haulers, 2 Horse Haulers - 48ft to 53ft Trailers) Each trailer will carry various types of corrals and equipment needed to rescue and tend rescued animals. Crew: 4-UL , 12-UP (Per unit: 1 UL, 3 UP)
Multi-Purpose Disaster Supply Unit (MPDSU) 48’ to 53’ goose neck trailer (1-2 units per sect.) 12 Units
*** The greatest challenge for any supply personnel in any disaster is the logistics: Supplies by the truck load are available after a disaster (Usually). But the trouble comes from unloading and dispersement of supplies. Space and Availability to move supplies is always an issue.
Below is a list of Innovative Vehicles that will help the NDRT in saving lives, Providing services and More. Along with each vehicle of interest is a link to the site where the vehicle or equipment was discovered. I ask that you visit these sites and learn more about the vehicles and such that draw our attention to them. Thank you.
The Government, it's agencies and the aforementioned organizations have helped to created regulations, rules and laws, that have in fact turned on them and have choked off their own abilities to be effective. They and their so called experts have forgotten one basic rule. When a disaster happens, it is because mother nature is doing her own thing. And all the rules and regulations in the world will not stop her.
So what does all this have to do with the SAR Division of the NDRT? Well we understand, nature will do what it wants regardless of mans intervention. So we stepped outside the "box" created by the "experts" and looked in. And what we found was simple and fundamental. Create the SAR Division with as much adaptability as possible to handle any event nature can create.
