Members of the All Hazards – Rope Rescue/Confined Space Team, took advantage of the great Fall weather to complete a training cycle in Hinckley. The Team trains twice per month at various locations throughout Medina County.

The All Hazards Rope Rescue Team trained on rescuing a victim from a catwalk inside a water tower on Sunday. The Rope Rescue Team is a county wide team made up of responders from various fire departments within the county.

Wednesday evening our All-Hazards Drone Team partnered with members of North Central Ohio K-9 Search & Rescue, Lafayette Fire & Rescue and Seville Guilford Fire & Rescue to do their first lost person search training. Joining resources, and preparing in advance, is the best way to plan for unknown incidents.

What a great Wednesday evening in Medina County. MCEMA has been meeting with a variety of stakeholders to design a mock full-scale exercise that will take place in October. In preparation for the exercise our Medina County Type II Hazardous Materials Team and Medina County Water Team collaborated with local first responders, the Wooster Township…

MCEMA assisted with a Child Abduction Response Team training this morning. The CART utilized the county Emergency Operations Center to conduct their first tabletop exercise. A mock hotline was setup, and simulated witness tips were made to the hotline from our mobile command vehicle. Exercises are the best way to test and improve capabilities. Thank…

We are proud to show you how some of the CARES Funding sent to Medina County was used. MCEMA was the recipient of much needed equipment to better serve our communities and stakeholders during this pandemic. Our agency coordinates receipt of, storage and movement of the federal and state provided PPE. Accomplishing this task was…