![]() CA-TF1 has two-40’ tractor/trailers, two-24’ crew cab box vans, three-crew cab pickup trucks, and rental agreements with charter bus agencies to handle a deployment by ground. The equipment can be loaded onto military pallets and secured for air transport or, if so ordered, the equipment and personnel can travel by ground. When CA-TF1 is mobilized to a disaster out of the area, there are two mobilization plans. This includes food, water, clothing, shelter, sanitation, communications, command, and of course, the tools and equipment necessary to perform technical search and rescue operations. ![]() For an out-of-area event, Task Forces are required to be mobilized at an assigned point of departure within six hours of accepting an activation request.įEMA Task Forces are equipped to be self-sufficient for at least the first 72 hours and capable of 24-hour operation for nearly10 days. The activation request is initiated by FEMA, through CalOES, to the sponsoring agency. The operational concept for the activation of a FEMA Task Force is predicated on a request for a Presidential disaster declaration. The four functional groups are Search, Rescue, Medical, and Technical specialists. The teams include command staff, medical staff, and four functional specialist groups. Each Task Force is required to have a minimum of 210 total members using the “two-team concept” this allows for the deployment of a highly trained 70-member team. There are eight FEMA US&R Task Forces in the State with a totaling 28 Task Forces nationwide. The US&R Unit coordinates the training and development of this multi-agency response system. ![]() This Task Force, designated CA-TF1, when activated, would deploy a 70-member team staffed by Fire Department personnel, Structural Engineers from the Department of Building and Safety, canine search handlers from the Department and civilian ranks, and doctors from private industry. These efforts have resulted in two distinctly separate yet cohesive urban search and rescue components capable of a unified response for local disasters or mobilization of the FEMA US&R Task Force for a federally declared disaster elsewhere. The Mayor and City Council authorized the Fire Department to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to become a sponsoring agency for one of the nation’s 28 FEMA US&R Task Forces.Ĭoncurrent with the development of a FEMA US&R Task Force in Los Angeles, efforts were made to enhance the Fire Department’s US&R component to provide a 24-hour response capability. The first step in a structured response system began on April 4, 1993. The Los Angeles City Fire Department’s (LAFD) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Program is a dynamic system that has evolved over the past decade and includes a variety of response levels. ![]()
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