Idaho Statutes Title 46. Militia and Military Affairs § 46-1026. Definitions

(1) “Idaho technical rescue (ITR) teams” means a specialized team or group of teams formed pursuant to this section and section 46-1027, Idaho Code, organized with capabilities established under the federal emergency management agency national resource typing system in order to assist in the removal of trapped victims in emergency situations including, but not limited to, collapsed structures, confined spaces, trench excavations, elevated locations and other technical rescue situations.

(2) “Specialty rescue team (SRT)” means a specialized team, formed pursuant to this section and section 46-1027, Idaho Code, organized to provide technical rescue assistance to supplement and work under first responders and local incident commanders including, but not limited to, cave rescue, mine and tunnel rescue and vehicle/machinery extrication and swift water/flood teams. Such teams shall be aligned with one (1) or more of the categories within the federal emergency management agency's national resource typing system.

(3) “Idaho incident management and support teams (IIMAST)” means a type 3 incident management team, which is a multiagency/multijurisdiction team for extended incidents, formed and managed at the state, regional or metropolitan level deployed as a team of trained personnel to manage major and/or complex incidents requiring a significant number of local, regional and state resources and incidents that extend into multiple operational periods and require a written incident action plan (IAP) that may be utilized at all hazard type incidents. These teams may initially manage larger, more complex incidents prior to arrival of and transition to a type 2 or type 1 incident management team (IMT) under the direction of the agency having the jurisdiction.

(4) “Person” shall have the definition ascribed to it in section 46-1021, Idaho Code.