The Hazardous Area Response Team initiative seeks to provide medical care to patients in hazardous or 'Hot' environment. They utilise special vehicles and equipment. Hazardous Area Response Teams originated from a 2004 report on the feasibility of Paramedic

Paramedic

A paramedic is a healthcare professional that works in emergency medical situations. Paramedics provide advanced levels of care for medical emergencies and trauma. The majority of paramedics are based in the field in ambulances, emergency response vehicles, or in specialist mobile units such as...

s working in the inner cordon or hot zone

Hot zone

Hot zone may refer to:* Hot zone refers to an area that is considered to be dangerous due to biological, chemical, or nuclear contamination.* "Hot Zone" , an episode of the TV series Stargate Atlantis...

 of major incidents. They are activated to various incidents, such as:

• Explosion
  Explosion
  An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion creates a shock wave. If the shock wave is a supersonic detonation, then the source of the blast is called a "high explosive"...
  
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• Building Collapses
• Chemical Incidents

Divisions of HART

Theoretically all of the following divisions/capabilities of HART should exist. However most of these areas have not been fully developed yet, such as MIRG.

• IRU - Incident Response Unit
• CBRN - Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
• USAR - Urban Search and Rescue
  Urban search and rescue
  Urban search and rescue involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined spaces due to natural disasters, structural collapse, transportation accidents, mines and collapsed trenches.USAR teams in different countries may be organised in a...
  
  
• MIRG - Marine Incident Response Group

Operational Areas

• Great Western Ambulance Service
  Great Western Ambulance Service
  The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust is a UK National Health Service trust providing emergency and non emergency patient transport services to Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire in the South West England region...
  
  (Avon/Gloucestershire/Wiltshire)
• London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
  
• South Central Ambulance Service
  South Central Ambulance Service
  The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire in the South East England region...
  
  
• West Midlands
  West Midlands (region)
  The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
  
  
• Yorkshire
  Yorkshire
  Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
  
  
• East of England Ambulance NHS Trust
• North West Ambulance NHS Trust
• North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• East Midlands Ambulance Service
  East Midlands Ambulance Service
  East Midlands Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust provides emergency 999, urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within the East Midlands region of the UK - covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire , Northamptonshire and...