Fletcher the K-9 from Orange County Fire-Rescue stopped by today to say hello to TERT OH-1 and express pawsitively wonderful thanks for all the team’s work. The team are still in good spirits and healthy; shifts are now divided into 3 platoons: 0500-1700, 1200-2400, and 1600-0400. Run volume remains at approximately 1,200 calls every 24 […]
Due to an unforeseen family matter, one of our team members is having to fly home. We are in urgent need of a replacement. If interested you will need to have completed all of the requirement courses listed on the website. Please contact committee chair, Cody Post at cpost@akronohio.gov or co-chair, Mory Fuhrmann at fuhrmannm@mifflin-oh.gov
Good evening. The first shifts for the team are underway. For now, the dispatchers have divided into three platoons, working 0500-1700, 1200-2400, and 1700-0500. Upon receiving a briefing from the LCSO and an abbreviated training, the first day-shift crew started fielding calls on the LCSO non-emergency telephony system. The call volume remains high; many parts […]
Good morning.The day shift personnel reported this morning at 04:00, joining other TERT colleagues from Texas and elsewhere in Florida. The team received orientation training on the LCSO 911 center, and began to work hand-on with the calltaking system in use at LCSO. The team received a hot breakfast from the LCSO, which they were […]
Good evening. TERT OH-1 arrived in Lee County this evening around 4PM. Team Leaders received a briefing from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center personnel, and set up camp for the evening. They are currently adjacent to the 911 center, having set up their tent and base of operations. Following their briefing, the […]
TERT OH-1 this morning crossed into Florida, and as of 2PM local time, was passing through metro Ocala. They expect to be in Lee County by around 4PM.
The Ohio TERT Team OH-1 departed this morning from Gahanna at 06:15 following a final briefing and Invocation by Chaplain Kevin Kellogg from Violet Township Fire. Following a stop for equipment pick-up in Cincinnati, the team will stop for the evening in Central Georgia. Tuesday morning, the team will head for Southwest Florida and expects […]
Ohio TERT Team OH-1 received their Mission Briefing tonight. As of press time, they will be assigned to assist in Lee County, Florida. Committee Co-Chairs Mory Fuhrmann and Cody Post, Mission Team Lead Nick DiCicco, and Ohio APCO Chapter President Johnna Sells provided critical information asto the situation at hand. Also on hand were Franklin […]
Team personnel from the northern part of the state are preparing to head down to Gahanna for the briefing tonight. They are brining with them a Type-1 Mobile Communications Center from Chagrin Valley Dispatch, callsign HAVOC-1. This is a multi vectored capable unit, with the ability to function as a mobile PSAP, field command post, […]