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Elite task forces end their recovery mission at Florida condo collapse site Task force members who spearheaded the response to the Champlain Towers disaster have returned home after weeks of work clearing the debris pile. Photos of victims of the Champlain Towers South building collapse fill a memorial that was set up near the rescue site in Surfside, Fla., on Monday, June 28, 2021. (Courthouse News/Izzy Kapnick) SURFSIDE, Fla. (CN) — Two elite rescue teams on Friday ended their deployment at...

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Two members of Utah Task Force 1 have safely returned home to Utah this weekend. At the request of federal authorities, the two individuals were sent to south Florida on July 7 to help in the recovery efforts of the Surfside Champlain Tower collapse. The two members had spent more than a week on site in assisting local first responders. In a social media post Friday night, Utah Task Force 1 said its "All members of UT-TF1 have been demobilized from the Surfside Champl...

Disasters in my career. i can tell you i dont know we could have been anymore prepared than we were. our local first responders were prepared and had practiced for this have been. and they have come through shining. a regional partners whieg thle are taking care of themselves are assisting us. the state department of emergency management was prepared. they had assets predeployed to debt in here. now the roads being cut off has provide d a little bit of a snafu, but the airport was open so the co...

They are not trained specialist so please be gentle with them. thank you. the rig is outback for those who wish to go outside. we do have it out there. we should deduct the front. dedicate all my updates on the fly. this is how it works. its out front so if anybody wants to go around and look at that, you can see with your vehicle is. thank you. >> that is a clark county fire department talking about their response to the las vegas massacre. 160 firefighters responded to this scene that night. t...

We need to do to go forward to get better and stay healthy so we can have long worthwhile careers. dont overwhelm them. they came back knowing they will be at the throngs of the media and they want to talk to you and want your story. i want them to share their story. its a healing part of the process. we had 108 firefighters and 14 chief officers that teamed up and did a tremendous amount of work to take care of this. these guys are ready to talk. with that i will take a few questions. >> [inaud...