COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Four Coldwater Fire Department members were deployed two weeks ago to a search and rescue mission in Portage after that community was struck by a EF-2 tornado.
Driver/Operator Ryan Barle, Captains Eric Sherman and Jack Trayling and Lt. Paul Searing are part of the 5th District Technical Rescue Team, a high-risk, highly specialized mutual aid team started in 2013 with about 25 departments and 75 members from area stations.
They were deployed to Portage after confirming with the Sherwood Fire Chief that they did not require any assistance.
According to a post on the Coldwater Department of Public Safety Facebook page, they combed their way through subdivisions searching for utility hazards as well as trapped or injured people.
All four were off-duty at the time of deployment.
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