- One of 15 teams statewide under the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division - a network of regional teams that are equipped and capable to respond to incidents involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Local, county, state, and federal response team
- Next closest teams are located in Ann Arbor and in Berrien County
- The team includes the following local disciplines:
- Battle Creek Fire Department
- Haz-Mat team (24 members)
- New response vehicle
- Battle Creek Police Department
- Emergency Response Team (22 members)
- Bomb Squad (4 members), certified by Department of Justice and FBI
- State-of-the-art Bomb Robot
- LifeCare Ambulance - paramedics (6 members)
- The Battle Creek team's response area includes primary response to Calhoun, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch, Hillsdale, and backup response to Berrien, Cass, Van Buren, and Allegan.
- Members of the team have attended training in Alabama, New Mexico, and Nevada. To date $193,300 has been awarded to Battle Creek from the Department of Justice in support of the RRT.
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