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Steuben County Underwater Rescue & Recovery Team (SCURRT)
Membership
President William Harter , Angola Fire Department
Secretary/Treasurer Trent Crooks, Angola Police Department
Member Jeff Vanette, Steuben County Sheriff's Department
Member Rick Tritch, Salem Center Fire Department
Member Scott Townsend, Orland Fire Department
Member Curt Fisher, Fremont Fire Department
Member Scott Maggart, Fremont Fire Department
Member Carl Dewitt, Fremont Fire Department
Member Tyler Treesh, Steunben Township Fire Department
Member Jason Weilein, Angola Fire Department
Member Cody Barron, Steuben Township Fire Department
Member Kevin Mory, Angola Fire Department

Member

 Kyle Howe, Fremont Fire Department
What is SCURRT?
After a near drowning and a drowning that occurred on Lake James in 1997, it was recongnized that Steuben County needed to enhance our ability to better protect the citizens that use our natural resources for recreation. In the spring of 1998, efforts were spearheaded by Captain Terry Gary of the Angola Fire Department to form a group of trained divers to work together as a team. The Steuben County Underwater Rescue and Recovery Team (S.C.U.R.R.T.) was formed.

S.C.U.R.R.T. is a multi-jurisdictional team compromised of members from various emergency services from around the Steuben County area. This is the only dive team to serve Steuben and the surrounding counties.

The main objective of the S.C.U.R.R.T. is to provide a trained, efficient water rescue team to the community we serve and to ensure the safety of our team members by providing up to date equipment that will offer protection from potential hazards that exist.

S.C.U.R.R.T. members train once a month on various aspects of diving. Some training sessions are in the classroom setting while roughly eight training sessions are devoted to actual diving. Ice diving, tow bar operations, search patterns, entanglement hazards, and emergency operations are just a few of the scenarios that the divers train on in the water.

Additional services include: Assist police in evidence recovery dives, recover lost property, assist wrecker companies with recovery of vehicles in a body of water, and train area departments with surface water/ice rescue techniques.

For more information or group demonstrations contact William Harter at 260-665-5555.


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