Urban Search and Rescue New York Task Force 1

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Recognition for Haiti efforts

NYC Urban Search & Rescue Task Force or also known by its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designation of NY-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in New York City, New York. NY-TF1 is managed by the NYC Office of Emergency Management (NYCOEM) and its members mainly come from Fire Department of New York and the New York City Police Department.[1]

They were deployed to the World Trade Center bombing and Oklahoma City bombing, in 1993 and 1995, respectively.[2]

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake the team deployed to Haiti and rescued a pair of siblings from a collapsed building on January 21, 2010.[3] This was their 5th rescue of the activation.[4]

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External links

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". - Official homepage of NY-TF1
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". - NYC Emergency Management US&R

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