The Technical Rescue Team (TRT) was formed in 1993 under the leadership of then BC Dave Skoryi with 8 members. 

The Team is responsible for specialized rescue such as; High Angle, Confined Space, Trench and Structure Collapse. They operate out of a 35’ enclosed trailer pulled by a 2007 GMC ¾ ton pick-up.

Today, Lockport TRT has 12 members.

• FF John Batusich
• Lt. Frank Blaskey (Asst. Team Leader)
• FF Matt Collier
• FF Andy Fitzgerald
• FF Tom Fulton
• Lt. Mike Gale
• FF Dave Izquierdo
• Lt. Mike Lopina (Logistics)
• Lt. Bill Piper
• FF Pat Schneider
• Lt. Robert Vargo
• Lt. Greg Walling (Team Leader)

The Team was one of the original members of the Combined Agency Response Team (CART) (www.cartrescue.com).

As a member of the CART Green Team (Bolingbrook FD, Joliet FD and Lockport FD), the 34 members train together every month under the leadership of Lt. Walling.  The Green Team is one of 39 deployable teams in the State of Illinois up to 72 hours of operation.

The Green Team also has members on the Illinois State Urban Search & Rescue Team (IL Task Force 1) (www. IL-TF-1.org) which formed in 2002. 

Those personnel are:

• Capt. Laroy Aldridge (Joliet) – Rescue Specialist
• Lt. Ron Banda (Bolingbrook) – Rescue Specialist
• FF Cary Krach (Bolingbrook) – Rescue Specialist
• Lt. Greg Walling (Lockport) – Rescue Squad Officer 

IL Task Force 1 is deployable up to10 days of operations anywhere in Illinois or the United States.