Court approves affiliation with Northern Kentucky Technical Rescue Team

Mar 11, 2025

Boone County approved an affiliation agreement with the Northern Kentucky Technical Rescue Team (NKTRT), a regional asset that provides technical rescue services (high-angle, confined space, swift water, trench, structural collapse, heavy machinery extrication) and ground search-and-rescue for Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties as required by KRS 39.

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County Administrator Matthew Webster presented an affiliation agreement with the Northern Kentucky Technical Rescue Team, Inc. (NKTRT), describing the team as a "regional asset that provides technical rescue services to Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties including high-angle, confined space, swift water, trench, structural collapse and heavy machinery extrication." He added NKTRT performs ground-based searches for lost persons and noted that such coverage is a requirement under KRS 39.

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