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The Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc. is responsible for the provision of primary rescue services to the citizens of Knox County, Tennessee. It also provides secondary vehicle rescue and primary technical rescue services to the City of Knoxville. Other services to both City and County include emergency medical first response, medical stand-by, animal rescue/removal, and water rescue/recovery. Extensive technical rescue assets are also provided. The six Specialty Rescue Teams have extensive training, equipment, and capabilities in cave/vertical/confined space operations, heavy/technical rescue (including farm accidents, airplane accidents, as well as trench collapses), water rescue (both top and underwater operations), land based search operations, support services and disaster/medical operations.