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Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office Join Forces to Create SWAT Medic Team

Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services has joined forces with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office (CSO) to create a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Medic Team.

The SWAT Medic Team is composed of five firefighter/paramedics who are also members of the Cherokee County Multi-Agency SWAT Team. The team goes through extensive training in tactical medicine as well as tactical operations. Every medic on the team is certified through the state of Georgia as paramedics and has certifications in Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Technical Emergency Casualty Care, and Tactical Medical Provider just to name a few.

These medics are the first line for care for any team member, citizen, or victim within a SWAT operation. They are often utilized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshal’s Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other federal and local agencies for high-risk warrant services to provide emergency medicine if needed.

“The SWAT medic must be capable of reacting with speed and composure under high stress conditions while exercising judgment in determining what life saving actions to take. Tactical medicine is a specialized, highly dangerous endeavor, which requires intensive training, discipline, and a unique relationship with law enforcement," said CSO Lt. Billy Mitchell.

Whenever the CSO SWAT Team is called to a scene, the Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services SWAT Medic Team will be deployed to provide life-saving services.

“Our partnerships with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office and other local jurisdictions are outstanding and help to ensure that Cherokee County will have all the needed resources to respond to a mass shooting/attack event. I have the highest level of confidence that our community will receive the most aggressive and appropriate response in the event of a terrorist attack, whether it be foreign or domestic,” said Cherokee County Fire Chief Eddie Robinson.

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