Posts Tagged: Susar
Philly Fire to be New Sponsoring Agency for PA-TF1
The State News Service reported that Robert A. Brady (D., PA) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has selected the City of Philadelphia Fire Department as the new Sponsoring Agency for Pennsylvania Task Force One (PA-TF1).
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We Try Harder
"Zero defects" is a pretty lofty goal, but in our business, zero defects may be the difference between life and death.
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Editorial: US&R and Water Rescue by Mick Mayers
Should US&R Task Forces have a water rescue capability?
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Breaking News: Huge Earthquake Hits Chile
Quake was reported as being an 8.8 magnitude and is also the cause of a tsunami that is expected to strike various nations in the Pacific basin.
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Report From Haiti
US&R teams from around the world are engaging missions in Haiti: New York TF 1, Florida TFs 1 and 2, Virginia 1, California 2, and Colorado 1 are working in country, as well as teams from Jamaica, Costa Rica, Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Luxemburg, Canada, Russia, Spain, China, France, Iceland, St. Domingo, Mexico, Netherlands, the UK and Colombia.
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Urban Search and Rescue – Rockbreaking 101
Since there seems to be a huge lean forward right now from people who want to know more about US&R, and since US&R is (and has been) one of my main projects for over twenty years, I figure I'll take the opportunity to point you all in some directions for information.
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