News and Information

Mandatory Team Meeting - 30 November 2011

There will be a mandatory team meeting on November 30th at 1830. The location will be the Sheraton Hotel in Warwick. All members are urged to attend. If you are unable to attend please make notification to Planning ASAP. Login to D4H to indicate your attendance. Members who do not respond at all will be removed from the roster.

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Building Collapse - Feb 7, 2011

At 1551 hours on 7Febuary, An engineer element was requested to respond for structural assessment of a barn structure and adjacemnt buildings. No injuries reported

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Operation FLood - March 2010

On March 30th RITF1 was requested to provide assetts to aid in flood emergency efforts. Due to the complex situation and ocurrance of close to home flood, The team responded in force and extreme dedication by many to provide every possible assett to the State of Rhode Island. RITF1 operated from March 30th through April 2nd at dynamic levels of staffing and command structure to provide the most valuable assetts to the State as possible. The result was a very successfull mission the resulted in everything from logistics support and damage assessments to 4 live rescues and 38 evacuations during the height of the storms. Thank you to all of the dedicated professionals that worked hard to prove that RIUSAR is always there when needed.

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Call Out to Tiverton

Shortly after 8am on Thursday, A pickup truck traveling on Main Rd. in Tiverton lost control and damaged a house. Tiverton Fire Chief Robert Lloyd requested an engineer from RIUSAR. Engineer Dave Grandpre responded to assess the structure.