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Special Operations Annual Training Plan

Special Operations Team Organization

The Rogers Fire Department's Special Operations Team is responsible for a coordinated response to hazardous materials, high/low angle rescue, confined space rescue, water rescue, and collapse rescue incidents. The team is staffed as a task force, comprised of members specializing in technical rescue and hazardous materials. The Special Operations Team is primarily housed at Fire Station 5, utilizing Truck 5, Rescue 5, and Medic 5. Members formally assigned as part of this team receive an additional monthly stipend for their time and expertise.

Special Operations Team Roster

A Shift:	B Shift:	C Shift:
Capt. Scot Mason	Capt. Mike Braswell	Capt. Clint Bowen
Capt. Nathan Keck	Capt. Jeremy Criner	Frederking, Adam
Andy Meeker	Jason Villines	Bill Hellard
Rob Starek	Dennis Thurman	Jeff Parks
Tony Humphreys	James Copeland	Nathan Meeks
Brent Rush	Jonathon Fuller
Tyler Steele	Chase Sutherland
Kendell Varner	Joey Everhart


Administration:	Capt. Josh Chapman	Capt. Bill Huntington

Team Director

Cpt. Clint Bowen
Station 5, C Platoon CBowen@RogersArk.org
479-621-1115

The Special Operations Team is lead by a director who is responsible for all operations and training of the team. There are two primary disciplines that make up our team., hazardous material rescue/confinement and technical rescue. Both of these disciplines are lead by subject matter experts. These experts manage the training and testing necessary to maintain team skill levels.

RFD Director	RFD Hazmat Coordinator	RFD Rescue Coordinator
Captain Clint Bowen	Firefighter Bill Hellard	Captain Dennis Thurman

Special Operations Team Training

The Special Operations Team drills monthly on various skills. The entire department also conducts annual training sessions on a variety of specialized skills designed to support and supplement the Special Operations Team.

All team members are required to achieve a minimum level of training. These certifications are designed to maximize the versatility of the Member and the team. Within 18 months of joining Spec Ops, each member must have completed the following training.

Rope Rescue Technicians
Swiftwater Technicians
Confined Space Technician
Hazardous Materials Technician
Basic Air Monitoring
Structural Collapse Operations
Trench Rescue Technician

All Special Ops training is based on an Annual Training Plan that can be accessed at the top of this page.

Recent accomplishments of the Special Operations Team include:

Completion of 2 Hazardous Materials Technician Classes, brining the total Techs on the SOT to 24
Completion of 2 Swiftwater Rescue I Classes, brining the total Techs on the SOT to 24
Election of 4 new members in September 2010
Establishment of subject matter experts to facilitate training and equipment maintenance
Completion of Rope Technician 1,2, and 3 classes, bringing the total number of Techs to 24
Delivery of our new Heavy Rescue (Rescue 5)
Completion of confined space training
Annual evaluation testing to retain Spec Ops membership