Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3 or CA-TF3 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Menlo Park, California. CA-TF3 is sponsored by the Menlo Park Fire District.[1]
CA-TF3 was created in September 1991.[2]
NASA's Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) based at the Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California is part of CA-TF3.[3] This partnership provides CA-TF3 with access to cutting edge US&R technology and the Task Force often tests new technology for applicability to US&R.
Deployments
[edit]- Hurricane Iniki, Kauai, Hawaii[2]
- Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles County, California[2]
- Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[4]
- Northern California Flood of New Year's Day 1997 - Napa, California; Yuba County, California[2]
- September 11, 2001 attacks - Deployed to World Trade Center, New York City, New York[5]
- Debris recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003.[6]
- Hurricane Katrina[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
- ^ a b c d "About the Team". CT-TF3. Retrieved August 30, 2006.
- ^ "Ames' Disaster Rescue Team to Support Search-Dog Test" (Press release). NASA Ames Research Center. 2001-05-17. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
- ^ "FEMA Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Summaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2006. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
- ^ "Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
- ^ "Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery" (PDF). Columbia Accident Investigation Report. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
- ^ "National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed" (Press release). FEMA. September 3, 2005. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
External links
[edit]- "California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 3". Retrieved October 28, 2009.
Fire departments of the United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USAR Task Forces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
