GFD Annual Report 2021-2022

Deploying to Help Our Neighbors Due to its special skills and response teams, the Greensboro Fire Department often receives calls to assist other communities in crisis situations. Listed below are the Fiscal Year 2021-22 special deployments. • Davidson County with an overturned ethanol tanker • City of Burlington with a water reactive chemical • City of Winston-Salem at the Winston Weaver Fertilizer Plant, where 500-600 tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire During the Weaver fire, the Greensboro Fire Department’s Regional Response Team supported Winston-Salem’s department with air monitoring, setting up exclusion zones, and conference calls with subject matter experts. The Drone Team was on SPECIAL OPERATIONS The Hazardous Materials Team assisted: • Stokes County with an explosives fire

location for seven days providing live footage, which provided critical information. The Urban Search and Rescue Team deployed to help those affected by Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Fred, participated in a Dan River rescue, and supported the Federal COVID-19 Four Seasons Mall Community Vaccination Site. During Tropical Storm Fred, the Greensboro Water Rescue Team assisted Haywood County with rescues, victim communication, sheltering operations, and animal rescues. Greensboro performed critical rescue and life safety operations for seven days.

Trail Response Team Trail usage is up 40 percent and we have seen a significant increase in calls from the watershed trails. In response, we have focused on training in responding effectively and efficiently. Through preplans, training, and full-scale drills, we have improved our response times to reach the patient and evacuate them from the woods for medical transport. Our response to trail emergencies has been very successful due to the command and coordination between all responding agencies and units.