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Fire Department Combined Search and Rescue Team
COMSAR - Special Operations Division COMSAR - Special Operations Division


The Combined Search and Rescue Team is comprised of 30 Fire Department members and 10 El Paso Police Officers. All members are required to have 40 hours of a combination class and fieldwork in Technical Rope Work and Search and Rescue.

The team can be activated by a partial or full call out by individual pagers. Notification of the Special Operations Chief, Assistant Chief, and the Team Coordinators are paged on all possible wilderness rescues.

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Special Operations Division
6800 Delta Drive
El Paso, TX 79905
Phone (915) 775-7320
Fax (915) 775-7321


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