NZ-RT16

The team was registered as NZ-RT16 in April 2006 and is one of three teams in the Bay of Plenty; NZ-RT15 based in Rotorua and NZ-RT17 based in Whakatane (currently in recess) being the other two... Since being registered we have been used by the Police to provide a High Angle Rope Team for various jobs from locating and retrieving lost persons to clearing areas from a search area. The team was deployed nationally to assist in the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes and within the Bay of Plenty for other declared emergencies... The team consists of a mix of talents. We bring various skills from; various first aid training levels, tradespeople from different backgrounds, experience from other emergency services and search and rescue organisations. This brings us a good range of skills from outside the normal team training.