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CALIFORNIA TASK FORCE 3
NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM
- Type of resource:
- One of 28 National Federal Emergency Management Agency Teams.
- One of 8 State of California Office of Emergency Services Teams.
- One of 2 Collape Structure Rescue Teams in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Established:
- September of 1991.
- Primary mission:
- Lifesaving extrication of victims trapped by structural collapse
during earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, floods, acts of terrorism
and other disasters.
- Secondary Mission:
- Preservation of property through structure stabilization and property
conservation.
- Structure:
- 200 involved team members. 62 members will respond to State or
Federal requests for aid. Configuration consists of:
- 12 Management Personnel
- 24 Rescue Specialists
- 6 Search Specialists (4 Canine)
- 6 Medical Specialists (2 Doctors)
- 14 Technical Specialists
- Sponsoring Agency:
- The Menlo Park
Fire Protection District
- Participants:
- Burlingame Fire Department
- California Division of Forestry SanMateo County
- Failure Analysis
- Half Moon Bay Fire Department
- Milpitas Fire Department
- Mountain View Fire Department
- N.A.S.A. Ames - D.A.R.T.
- Redwood City Fire Department
- San Jose Fire Department
- Santa Clara Fire Department
- San Mateo Fire Department
- South County Fire Authority
- South San Francisco Fire Department
- Local Doctors and Communications/Information Specialists
- Deployments:
- 1992 Hurricane Iniki, Kauai, Hawaii.
- 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Los Angeles, California.
- 1995 Murrah Federal Bulding Bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- 1997 Flooding, City of Napa and Yuba County, California.
- 1998 Localized Flooding, San Francisco Bay Area, California.
- 1999 Earthquake Fact Finding Team, Taiwan.
- 2001 World Trade Center, New York.
- Capability:
- Disaster Field Operational Unit for Structural Collapse Incidents.
- 6 hour deployment window.
- 73 hour self-sustaining in field
- 10 day operational mission window
- Requesting Aid:
- San Mateo County agencies can request resources through County
Mutual Aid via Fire Net 6 communications control center.
- Out of County agencies can request resources through your local
Office of Emergency Services.
- Out of State agencies can request resources through FEMA.
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