USAR FEMA USAID response features 3 California Teams

Thursday, January 14, 2010

USAR FEMA USAID response features 3 California Teams

USAID FEMA Haitian Earthquake response - A work in progress
There are 28 FEMA USAR Task Forces, spread throughout the United States. trained and equipped by FEMA.
The following have been tasked for an Haiti assignment already, A total of ten teams expected to deploy to Haiti.
• Fairfax County, VA - US&R VA-TF1 (Heavy/medium teams, 115 personnel)
• Los Angeles, CA - US&R CA-TF2 (72 personnel)
• Miami-Dade, FL - US&R FL-TF1 (82 personnel)
• Miami, FL - US&R FL-TF2 (84 personnel)
• Additional US&R teams have been activated for deployment.
• US&R Incident Support Team (IST) is activated and staging out of Homestead ARB, FL

NASA Picture of the Day Topography Along the Enriquillo-Plaintain Garden Fault, Haiti Credit: NASA - Link

FEMA USAR TEAMS - California CA-TF2: First FEMA USAR team up in California task force from the Los Angeles County Fire Department left for Haiti late Wednesday night. About 10:20 hrs this was tweeted ->USAR CA-TF2 has arrived in Haiti. Preparing to depart port au prince airport. 0820 EST #EQHaiti via @lacfd CA-TF5: Then we learned Orange County Fire Authority's Task Force 5 is also awaiting a plane at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside. Tweeter from PEcom_news

Rescue team awaiting flight from March ARB to Haiti: An 80-person urban search-and-rescue team from Orange County ... http://bit.ly/7qBPGU USAR CA TF-5 OCFA (Sponsoring Agency), Anaheim Fire Department, LACSD, Montebello Fire Department, OCFD, Santa Ana Fire Department #EQHaiti CA-TF7:Now Sacramento Fire Department's 72-member California Task Force 7 is awaiting transport today at Travis Air Force Base. Update about 0800 -> SacFirePIO

Cal Task Force 7. (USAR) made it to Travis AFB this morning. Waiting for flight to Haiti. Will update periodically when I get updates FEMA USAR TEAMS - Florida FL-TF1 & FL-TF2 - Florida Task Force 1 (FL-TF1) & Florida Task Force 2 (FL-TF2) have been activated by #FEMA & responding on behalf of #USAID/OFDA to #EQHaiti FEMA USAR TEAMS - Virgina USAR VA-1 & VA -2 (Fairfax County): USAR VA-1 (Fairfax County): Boots on ground. Base camp established. Initial survey conducted, and priority targets identified Haiti MT @MSF_USA: Portable hospital, surgeons, and anesthetists on the way to #Haiti with Doctors Without Borders http://bit.ly/60ZChq Be Safe - All #USAID USAR teams You make us very proud, God Speed, Stay Safe and Come home when the job is done. #EQHaiti

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Thursday, January 14, 2010