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Middletown Fire Department


Department Overview

Chief:Gary Ouellette

Address:533 Main Street
Middletown CT 06457

Phone:860-343-8004

Website:https://www.middletownct.gov/179/Fire

The Middletown Fire Department Mission Statement

To enhance the quality of life in our community by preventing or minimizing injury and the loss of life or property from fire or other emergencies that may occur within the jurisdictional boundaries of the area we serve.

 

Technical Rescue Team

The mission of the Technical Rescue Team (TRT) is to provide a coordinated effort to locate, extricate, and provide medical treatment to victims of the communities we serve. The Middletown fire Department Technical Rescue Team capabilities include:

•Confined space rescue - this discipline includes locating, packaging, and removing victims who are injured, incapacitated, or unable to self-extricate from a confined space environment.
•Trench Rescue - this discipline includes responding to any type of trench, below grade collapse, or rescue.
•Vehicle & Machinery rescue - this discipline includes responding to motor vehicle accidents or any type of mechanical entrapment. The TRT is trained to utilize an extensive cache of hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, and manual rescue tools.
•Rope rescue - this discipline includes low & high angle rope rescue. The Middletown Fire Department carries an extensive cache of rope rescue equipment and all TRT members are trained in urban, suburban, and wilderness rope rescue environments.