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Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3

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.

CA-TF3 was created in September 1991.

NASA's Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) based at the Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California is part of CA-TF3. 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

  • Hurricane Iniki, Kauai, Hawaii
  • Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles County, California
  • Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Northern California Flood of New Year's Day 1997 - Napa, California; Yuba County, California
  • September 11, 2001 attacks - Deployed to World Trade Center, New York City, New York
  • Debris recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003.
  • Hurricane Katrina

References

References

  1. "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA.
  2. "About the Team". CT-TF3.
  3. (2001-05-17). "Ames' Disaster Rescue Team to Support Search-Dog Test". NASA Ames Research Center.
  4. "FEMA Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Summaries".
  5. "Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA.
  6. "Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery". Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
  7. (September 3, 2005). "National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed". FEMA.
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