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Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 2

Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 2 or FL-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Miami, Florida and sponsored by the Miami Fire Department. FL-TF2 was started in 1991 and is designed to respond to a variety of disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, and terrorist attacks. The Miami Fire Department sponsors the team, and provides administrative staff as well as warehouse space and other infrastructure needs. The team is composed of experts from 23 additional fire and police departments as well as civilians making up the 210 members of the team.

Deployments

  • 1995 - Hurricane Opal
  • 1996 - Humberto Vidal explosion in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
  • 1998 - Papua New Guinea earthquake
  • 1999 - Hurricane Floyd
  • 2001 - World Trade Center
  • 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
  • 2004 - Hurricane Charley
  • 2004 - Hurricane Frances
  • 2005 - Hurricane Katrina
  • 2005 - Hurricane Katrina
  • 2010 - Haiti earthquake
  • 2021 - Surfside Condominium Collapse in Surfside, Florida

References

References

  1. "Task Force Locations".
  2. "Task Force 2".
  3. "About Us".
  4. "Hurricane Opal".
  5. "Humberto Vidal".
  6. "Papua New Guinea".
  7. "Hurricane Floyd".
  8. "World Trade Center".
  9. "Shuttle Columbia".
  10. "Hurricane Charley".
  11. "Hurricane Frances".
  12. "Gulfport Deployment 2005".
  13. "Gulfport Deployment 2005".
  14. "Haiti Deployment (January 2010)".
  15. Morejon, Liane. (2021-06-25). "Task Force 2 is here: 80 elite members, including K-9s, arrive to help in Surfside building collapse".
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