Special teams


Tahoe Truckee Regional Rescue Team

The Truckee Tahoe Regional Rescue Team (TTRRT) is a multi-agency organization representing El Dorado, Placer, Sierra, and Nevada counties. The team is comprised of the following departments from the Truckee / North Lake Tahoe region: Truckee Fire, North Tahoe Fire, Northstar Fire and Olympic Valley Fire.

By combining resources from several organizations and providing highly trained members for incidents, the team is able to supply an increased level of technical rescue proficiency, provide increased staffing at incidents and reduce the staffing burden of individual organizations all while creating a safer and more efficient incident scene.

The TTRRT is designed as a rescue rigging team specializing in multiple disciplines, including low and high angle rope rescue, swiftwater rescue (including flood / flat water), ice rescue, avalanche rescue and confined space rescue.