PAPD ESU

[Guest fdnyladder10]

Does the papd ESU operate a simmilar way to nypd esu, as in have a 'house' where its REP's are based and operate out of to patrol the city??

Do they have the Heavy rescue truck or just the REP's in Manhattan.

Jarrod

[NJMedic 96]

I believe PAPD has three large trucks, one at JFK, one at LAG, and one in Jersey City. No clue how many ERPs that have. I've seen at least five in one spot. They patrol the airports, NY-NJ crossings, and other PA property.

The Port Authority Police Emergency Services Unit was founded in 1983, over the objections of the Port Authority Police management at that time. Working with the non-police PATH railroad personnel and railroad management, who clearly recognized the need for a rapid response to PATH railroad emergencies and fires, a small group of Port Authority Police Officers assigned to the PATH Command asked for, and got, a stock Port Authority utility truck which was converted for police emergency use. Despite the continued objections of P.A. Police management, the PATH railroad management's goal of having an "Emergency Response Vehicle" operated by the police bore fruit. The initial team members were trained in underground rescue, extrication of passengers from PATH train cars and first aid, with emphasis on the procedure of lifting railroad cars from trapped persons by use of Vetter air bags. Prior to the PATH Emergency Unit, emergencies which occurred on the PATH train were handled by the local police within the jurisdictions around the PATH train (Jersey City, New York, Newark, etc).

Emergency Services Unit Members, who have received specialized training to respond to emergency and rescue operations that arise at Port Authority facilities or in other jurisdictions when their expertise is requested are currently assigned to various facilities throughout the Port Authority. Emergency Services Unit members may receive training in the following areas; animal control, hazardous material response, heavy weapon use, bridge and water rescue and tactical operations. Noteworthy cases that the Emergency Services Unit has handled or other jurisdictions in handling include:

The collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001

The 1993 World Trade Center bombing

The rescue of an emotionally disturbed person from a water tower in West New York, N.J.

A General Aviation crash in the City of Newark

The rescue of homeowners in Bound Brook, N.J. trapped by rising floodwaters caused by Hurricane Floyd in 1999

A ceiling collapse at the Journal Square Transportation Center

Water rescues from the PATH system in 1992

A NJ Transit train accident in the Hackensack Meadowlands in 1996

http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/specialunits/papd.htm