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Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2

Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2 or CA-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Los Angeles County, California. CA-TF2 is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

CA-TF2 is one of two Task Forces that works with the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to provide international response to natural and man-made disasters.

Deployments

Hurricane Iniki, Kauai, Hawaii
1994 Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles County, California
Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah - Deployed to Utah on standby in the event of a disaster or attack.
Debris recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003.
2003 Bam earthquake - December 2003
Southeast Asia tsunami - Sri Lanka
Hurricane Katrina - Deployed to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Hurricane Rita - Gulf Region
2010 Haiti earthquake
2011 Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand
2011 Japan earthquake
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake

References

"US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA.
"International Programs". Los Angeles County Fire Department.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117234158/http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/partners/ USAID] [[United States Agency for International Development. USAID]] Disaster Assiatance Partners Index
"Mission Report". Los Angeles County Fire Department.
"FEMA Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Summaries".
"Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery". Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
(2006-12-27). "LA County USAR CA-TF2 activated and heading to IRAN". Los Angeles County Fire.com.
(3 September 2005). "National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed". FEMA.
(January 12, 2010). "USAID Responds Immediately to Haiti Earthquake". USAID.
(February 22, 2011). "LA County firefighters mobilized for New Zealand". Associated Press.
(March 11, 2011). "LA County & Virginia USAR Teams Deployed to Japan". www.firehouse.com.
[http://www.talkradionews.com/world-news/2015/04/27/the-latest-on-u-s-aid-to-nepal.html#.VT_EtmOootV $10 Million: The Latest On U.S. Aid To Nepal] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-05 Talk Radio News Service; April 28, 2015)
(6 February 2023). "California Sends Highly Specialized Search and Rescue Unit to Support Efforts in Wake of Turkey Earthquake Cal OES News".

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