Mission Statement
The mission of the Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue SWAT Medic
Unit is:
- To provide dedicated emergency medical support for
the Fort Lauderdale Police Department SWAT team during
tactical missions and training.
- To be capable of administering advanced life support
care of life threatening medical emergencies in the
tactical environment.
- To act as liaison between fire-rescue and police personnel
during tactical operations.
- To expand the level of service to the citizens and
visitors of the City of Fort Lauderdale by allowing
rapid access of specialized emergency medical care to
the sick and injured when hostile conditions preclude
a timely conventional emergency medical response.
SWAT Unit
The Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Department Special Weapons
and Tactics Medic Unit (SWAT) was founded in October 2000
and increases the level of protection the Department provides
to the citizens, employees and visitors in the City of
Fort Lauderdale.
This special operations unit consists of eight fire-rescue
department paramedics who are assigned to the Fort Lauderdale
Police Department SWAT team. The SWAT medics respond to
all incidents involving the Fort Lauderdale Police Department
SWAT team.
SWAT medics are equipped and trained to provide emergency
medical care in a tactical environment where delivery
of emergency medical care to injured or sick civilians
and police officers is often delayed because medical personnel
are usually not equipped to operate under hostile conditions.
SWAT medics give the fire-rescue and police departments
the ability to rapidly provide life-saving service to
sick or injured persons in areas otherwise not accessible
to traditional paramedics.
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Goals
Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue SWAT Medic Unit is
directed at achieving the following important
goals:
- Provide a medical response to the sick and
injured within the tactical arena in ninety
seconds, conditions permitting
- Individualize medical response to SWAT team
members by catering to specific medical conditions
of individual officers
- Enhance tactical mission accomplishment by
assisting in extrication and taking over medical
emergency management, thereby freeing up SWAT
officers to return to the primary objective
- Facilitate a professional partnership between
the police and fire-rescue departments
- Reduce death, injury and illness among SWAT
officers, innocents and suspects
- Project a favorable image of both the Police
and Fire-Rescue Departments with the citizens
of Fort Lauderdale
- Offer a sense of comfort to SWAT officers
and their families, knowing that qualified emergency
medical assistance is with them at all times
during training and missions
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