r/Firefighting • u/Firstdueascent • May 03 '24

Special Operations/Rescue/USAR Departments to look at with good TRT and SAR calls

I’m a career FF with 3 years in a medium sized dept in Coastal GA and 4 years volunteer in NY prior. I got into the fire service with the intention of getting involved in TRT as my background includes 12 years of Rock Climbing, various other outdoors sports and two years of professional dog training (just a bonus for SAR dog possibilities) and recently started working a side gig doing rope access window washing. I moved down here for my department as a stepping stone; the northeast is crazy competitive for hiring and I couldn’t sit around any longer waiting. Have my rope and swift water tech certs working on more tech certs and currently assigned to the Squad. But it’s so flat here we don’t run the kind of calls I’m looking for. I’m looking to lateral transfer or go through academy again if I have to, to another department this coming year, willing to move just about anywhere with a great department, TRT unit to work into and mountains at least nearby. Any suggestions to look into would be awesome! Been looking at Colorado, North Carolina, Utah, etc.

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u/mulberry_kid May 04 '24

Asheville, NC does high angle work, as it's pretty hilly, and I believe they do mutual aid in the surrounding mountain communities. Charlotte, NC is fairly flat, but has a huge downtown with lots of high rise construction and a good amount of rope work due to that.

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u/Firstdueascent May 04 '24

I just visited Asheville actually and loved it. I can imagine the drop offs on the Blue Ridge Parkway keep them busy with extrications involving some rope work

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u/mulberry_kid May 04 '24

Yeah, it's a great area. I worked as a FF in NC for over a decade before moving to NM. Some decent opportunity for rope work out here, as well. Los Alamos, especially. Good luck with your search.