Urban Search and Rescue Massachusetts Task Force 1 explained

Urban Search and Rescue Massachusetts Task Force 1 or MA-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Beverly, Massachusetts. MA-TF1 is sponsored by the city of Beverly.^[1] The team is made up of 150 people including Police, Fire, EMS and Civilians.^[2]

Deployments

below is a list of MA-TF1's deployments:^[3]

• Hurricane Luis - August 1995
• Hurricane Marilyn - September 1995
• Hurricane Opal - September 1995
• Meadow Pond Dam - March 1996
• 1996 Summer Olympics - July & August 1996
• Hurricane Georges - September 1998
• Hurricane Floyd - September 1999
• Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire - December 1999
• World trade center collapse - September 2001
• American Airlines Flight 587 - November 2001
• Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003
• Democratic National Convention - July 2004
• Hurricane Katrina - September 2005
• Hurricane Dennis - August 2005
• Hurricane Rita - September 2005
• Hurricane Wilma - September 2006
• Hurricane Ernesto - September 2006
• Danvers Chemical fire - November 2006
• Hurricane Gustav - August 2008
• Flooding in Fargo - March 2009
• Major Flooding - March 2010
• The Greater Springfield tornado - June 2011
• Hurricane Irene - August 2011
• Hurricane Sandy - October 2012

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 Us. MA-FT1. 31 March 2015.
3. Web site: Deployments. MA-TF1. 31 March 2015.