special response mci team. swat medic team the swat medic team is made up of selected career and volunteer paramedics who support the virginia beach police department's swat team. swat medics train and respond with their police counterparts and respond to all swat calls including high risk search warrants, hostage rescues, sniper attacks and barricaded suspect situations. team members are required to pass bi-annual physical tests to maintain their status on the team. marine rescue team the marine rescue team is responsible for all water related incidents within virginia beach. the team maintains 5 boats strategically placed throughout the city, 2 quick response vehicles, and 2 jet skis. team members qualify as boat crew members, boat coxswains, dive tenders, divers, rescue swimmers and vehicle operators. during the summer months, the team conducts weekend boat patrols on highly traffic waterways and beaches. they are one of seven nationally recognized by the united states lifesaving association as an aquatic response team. administrative division the administrative division includes the main office, the ems training center, the office of continuous quality improvement, human resources, oversight and enforcement, the departmental evaluation program, and the infection control and compliance program. deputy chief tom green currently commands this division. training center the ems training center is co-located within the ems headquarters building at 4160 virginia beach boulevard. the training center staff is led by a brigade chief, currently chief debbie brennaman and includes three career paramedics assigned to training rotations and three instructor supervisors. the training center holds multiple bls academies throughout the year as well as bls & als continuing education classes including acls, pals, phtls, difficult airways, evoc, cpr, ems safety and more. the training division is responsible for all emergency medical training within the city. programs virginia beach ems has long sought to be at the forefront of pre-hospital technology. past and current innovative technologies utilized have included: rapid sequence induction programs for qualified paramedics, therapeutic hypothermia, cpap, surgical airways, bls 12-lead ekg acquisition and transmission, transport ventilators, video laryngoscope, ez-io drills for intraosseous access, bls narcan administration, electronic etco2, public access defibrillators, mobile data terminals, community vaccinations, stemi programs, medical friendly shelters, community cpr classes. initiatives such as the stemi program have been validated through awards such as the american heart association's bronze mission lifeline award in 2015. additionally, these programs have been contributed to the vb ems cardiac arrest survival rate of 36%, which is more than three times national rate of 10.6%. in the media virginia beach ems and several of the rescue squads have been featured in popular media, including news reports, documentaries and others. - rescue 911, a popular television program, featured virginia beach volunteer rescue squads responding to calls during it season 1, episode 22 which aired on march 13, 1990. this episode can be viewed on youtube. volunteer rescue squads virginia beach volunteer rescue squad kempsville volunteer rescue squad plaza volunteer rescue squad courthouse volunteer rescue squad ocean park volunteer rescue squad davis corner volunteer rescue squad blackwater volunteer rescue squad creeds volunteer rescue squad chesapeake beach volunteer rescue squad sandbridge volunteer rescue squad