Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team en
The Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team is an elite team within the Singapore Civil Defence Force, formed in 1990 to handle complex rescue and fire fighting incidents, such as urban search and rescue; prolonged fire fighting; height and confined space operations; and water rescue. One of the very specialised vocations in the Singapore Civil Defence Force, it is staffed by handpicked firefighters, who show exceptional skills in Urban Search and Rescue and very complex firefighting skills. The selection process for Dart is very stringent and only the best trainees pass the course—for example, one of the selection requirements is finishing a 2.4 km run by 8m 30s. The team's operations include the training and utilisation of rescue dogs. Robots are also increasingly being utilised to minimise danger faced by Dart personnel and an array of complex rescue equipments which are used for USAR. Wikipedia [ - ]
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