• Bomb squads
  
• Hazardous materials response teams
  
• Minnesota Air Rescue Team (MART)
• An urban search and rescue team (Minnesota Task Force 1)​​
  

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• There are four bomb squads across the state. 
• Bomb squad team members are licensed Minnesota peace officers who are certified hazardous device technicians. 
• Teams are equipped with hazardous device robots, portable digital X-ray machines, and containment vessels. 

• Urban search and rescue (USAR) teams can​ assist with structural collapse, heavy rescue, wide-area search, trench rescue, confined space rescue, rope rescue and advanced medical care. 
• MnTF1 includes physicians and medical specialists who can provide medical care and direction in the disaster area. MnTF1 is equipped for 24-hour operations and can work in any disaster area, including those with little or no infrastructure. 
• MnTF2 has varied capacities. 

• There are 11 Chemical Assessment Teams (four of which are also Emergency Response Teams} across Minnesota. 
• The teams can help prevent a hazardous release, mitigate a release, and stabilize an incident. They do not provide firefighting capabilities. 
• Teams provide local incident commanders with technical support. They deploy with trained responders, specialized equipment and support of other state agencies. 
  
• Hazmat Teams​ are not allowed to assume overall command of a local incident; they cannot clean up or transport hazardous materials, mitigate explosive devices or clandestine drug labs, or respond to waste abandonment/abandoned barrel calls.​
  

• MART specializes in rescue and extraction of victims from locations that can not be easily reached by ground or water, or pose excessive risk to rescuers. 
• MART can assist with searches using visual and thermal images from the air. MART helps public safety agencies across the state maximize victims' safety and minimize risk to responders. 
• ​MART can also be requested through State Patrol Dispatch at 651-582-1500.