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Without violating OPSEC, do the RCMP ERTs have a tactical medical capability?
Blackhorse7 said:That's if you are somewhere that has a EMT Tactical unit. To my knowledge, in all of BC there is no such thing (although there damned well should be...).
Blackhorse7 said:Hard to believe or not, the RCMP do not have a tactical medic program.
nsmedicman said:Correct me if I am wrong....but the only Tactical EMS programs in the country are in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton? Forgive me if I excluded someone. I find it hard to believe that the RCMP wouldn't have some kind of capability in place. We have tried to develop a program here with the local municipal force, but have hit a few snags (it's not a high priority for them right now).
Blackhorse7 said:Personally, I think the best thing they could do in the RCMP, is to take active ERT Team members, and cross train them. They would be designated Paramedic members, but would also be active assaulters or snipers. The problem is you would have to have several trained per team, in the event that one might not be on a call, or God forbid, one goes down on a job.
nsmedicman said:Correct me if I am wrong....but the only Tactical EMS programs in the country are in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton? Forgive me if I excluded someone. I find it hard to believe that the RCMP wouldn't have some kind of capability in place. We have tried to develop a program here with the local municipal force, but have hit a few snags (it's not a high priority for them right now).
Blackhorse7 said:Personally, I think the best thing they could do in the RCMP, is to take active ERT Team members, and cross train them. They would be designated Paramedic members, but would also be active assaulters or snipers. The problem is you would have to have several trained per team, in the event that one might not be on a call, or God forbid, one goes down on a job.
Sh0rtbUs said:Well realistically, how high is the current requirement for them, in relation to other needs sitting on the RCMP's plate?
I can certainly see them being a valuable asset, but to what extent are they required, and how often would they be realistically filling a role that is simply not necessarily needed?
What difference does it make between a Medic team that is tactically sound and working right behind the ERT, in comparison to a regular EMS unit that follows up their movements?
I have no experience in this area, so bear with me and my ignorance.
I guess this is my Army "do what you can with what you have, and deal with the needs, not the wants" attitude coming out..
JANES said:Huge, the four killed in Mayorthorpe, AB for starters.
Regular EMS cannot "follow up their movements" they have to stay well down the road behind the security perimeter, so if an officer is wounded, it's a long haul to medical support.
Cpl Thompson said:Dude. Rozko had an HK G3 IIRC. Even an ETF mbr would have some trouble going up against that...
the real question is, what was the response time for the ETF/TRU/ERU/ERT (whatever its called out there) to accually get on scene?
it was a small rural community... odds are even with Tac-Medics, a location like that, it would take a while for a Tac Team to respond right?
what i mean by that is: RCMP members, how long would it take for a TRU team to respond and deploy to a small town like that? realisticaly (without violateing OPSEC)