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Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 1

Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 1 (FL-TF1) is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Miami-Dade County, Florida and sponsored by the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department. FL-TF1 responds to disasters to provide search and rescue, medical, communications support.

As with all FEMA Task Forces, FL-TF1 is trained in physical search and rescue in damaged or collapsed structures as well as in areas that have sustained significant flooding. Additionally the task force specializes in providing medical care at the scene of a disaster for trapped victims. FL-TF1 is also specifically trained in satellite communication systems that can be used in areas where normal communication infrastructure has been damaged.

Once notified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the team has a six-hour window to mobilize 70 team members to report to a prearranged departure point. FL-TF1 is composed mostly of personnel from the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department but other outside specialists are brought in as needed. In addition, FL-TF1 has nine FEMA certified canine teams, each composed of a handler and a search dog.

History

In the early 1980s two fire departments, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department out of Fairfax County, Virginia worked together under an agreement with the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to provide international search and rescue assistance in times of disaster. Starting in 1991, FEMA incorporated a USAR team into its federal response plan. These 20+ teams that would later become the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces were chosen throughout the country based on geographic location with local public safety departments as sponsoring agencies.

In 2001, it was one of only two FEMA task forces trained for overseas deployments, the other being Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1.

Deployments

Since its creation in the 1980s, FL-TF1 has responded to a wide range of disasters around the world.

Earthquakes

YearEventLocation
1985Mexico City EarthquakeMexico City
1986San Salvador EarthquakeEl Salvador
1988Armenia EarthquakeArmenia
1990Luzon EarthquakePhilippines
1997Cariaco EarthquakeVenezuela
1999Colombia EarthquakeColombia
1999Izmit EarthquakeTurkey
1999Jiji EarthquakeTaiwan
2010Haiti EarthquakeHaiti

Hurricanes

YearEventLocation
1988Hurricane GilbertJamaica
1989Hurricane HugoEastern Caribbean
1992Hurricane AndrewMiami
1995Hurricane LuisCaribbean
1995Hurricane MarilynCaribbean
1995Hurricane OpalNorth Florida
2000Hurricane KeithBelize
2004Hurricane CharleyCharlotte County, Florida
2005Hurricane KatrinaNew Orleans, Louisiana
2008Hurricane GustavTexas
2008Hurricane IkeGulf Coast
2017Hurricane HarveyTexas
2017Hurricane IrmaFlorida Keys
2017Hurricane MariaPuerto Rico
2018Hurricane FlorenceSouth Carolina
2018Hurricane MichaelFlorida panhandle
2019Hurricane DorianThe Bahamas
2021Hurricane IdaMississippi
2022Hurricane IanSouthwest Florida, Florida
2023Hurricane IdaliaBig Bend region, Florida
2024Hurricane DebbySteinhatchee, Florida
2024Hurricane HeleneBig Bend region, Florida
2024Hurricane MiltonSiesta Key, Florida

Building explosions and collapses

YearEventLocation
1995Oklahoma City BombingOklahoma City, Oklahoma
1996Colombo Central Bank BombingColombo, Sri Lanka
1996Humberto Vidal ExplosionSan Juan, Puerto Rico
2001World Trade Center AttackLower Manhattan, New York
2001Pentagon AttackWashington, D.C.
2007Barbados Apartment CollapseBarbados
2021Surfside Condominium CollapseSurfside, Florida

Aviation Disasters

YearEventLocation
1995-96American Airlines Flight 965Buga, Colombia
1996ValuJet Flight 592Everglades, Florida

Communications support

YearEventLocation
1989Romanian RevolutionRomania
1991Iraqi UprisingsNorthern Iraq & Turkey
1994Rwandan GenocideRwanda
1994Operation Uphold DemocracyHaiti
1995Soufrière Hills EruptionMontserrat
1995Sierra Leone Civil WarSierra Leone
1996Bosnian WarBosnia and Herzegovina
1998U.S Embassy BombingNairobi, Kenya

Other Events

YearEventLocation
20002000 Mozambique FloodMozambique

References

References

  1. "Task Force Locations".
  2. "USAR Mission".
  3. "USAR Capabilities".
  4. "History".
  5. Wilson, Patrick. (2001-09-19). "The homecoming of heroes". Potomac News.
  6. "USAR Responses".
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