Wood County Sheriff's Rescue

South Wood County. They are paged to provide rescue services, first responder, and emergency medical technician medical responses. The squad is available county wide at the direction of the Sheriff's Department. Rescue members are certified first responders or emergency medical technicians. They are trained in diving and ice-diving rescues, water rescues, snowmobiles and boating rescue, high level and low angle rescue, search and rescue, and crime scene containment. The squad provides the following services to Wood County:

Medical skills and extra manpower as needed by the department
Medical care, extrication, and traffic control at motor vehicle accidents
Medical care, extrication, and assistance for farm accidents
Medical care, extrication, and assistance for industrial accidents
Water rescue and recovery for drowning and swift-water incidents
High-Level and Low-Angle rescue for confined space incidents
Search and rescue operations for lost persons
Crime scene containment as directed by the department
Any other response as directed by the department