Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3 explained

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.^[1]

CA-TF3 was created in September 1991.^[2]

NASA's Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) based at the Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California is part of CA-TF3.^[3] 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^[2]
• Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles County, California^[2]
• Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma^[4]
• Northern California Flood of New Year's Day 1997 - Napa, California; Yuba County, California^[2]
• September 11, 2001 attacks - Deployed to World Trade Center, New York City, New York^[5]
• Debris recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003.^[6]
• Hurricane Katrina^[7]

External links

• Web site: California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 3 . October 28, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: US&R Task Force Locations . FEMA . August 28, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120705001444/http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/locations.shtm . July 5, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
2. Web site: About the Team . CT-TF3 . August 30, 2006.
3. NASA Ames Research Center . 2001-05-17 . Ames' Disaster Rescue Team to Support Search-Dog Test . 2006-09-05.
4. Web site: FEMA Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Summaries . August 29, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927113515/http://www.mipt.org/pdf/okcfr_App_E.pdf . September 27, 2006 . dead . mdy-all .
5. Web site: Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams . FEMA . August 28, 2006.
6. Web site: Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery . Columbia Accident Investigation Report . Columbia Accident Investigation Board . August 29, 2006.
7. FEMA . September 3, 2005 . National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed . 2006-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060926210829/http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18582 . September 26, 2006 . dead . mdy-all .