Detailed description is Sponsored by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, a member of the Texas A&M University System, Texas Task Force 1 is a State & FEMA task force with expertise in urban search & rescue, water rescue, and helicopter rescue: http://texastaskforce1.org From its first deployment in 1998 to the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, and Major Hurricane Harvey's devastation, Texas Task Force 1's urban search and rescue and water rescue teams have expertise in responding to both man-made and natural disasters.. . For media requests, media@teex.tamu.edu. . Sponsored by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, a member of the Texas A&M University System, Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) functions as a federal team under FEMA's National Urban Search and Rescue System and as Texas' only statewide urban search and rescue team under direction of the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Texas Task Force 1 also coordinates the State's water rescue and helicopter rescue programs.. . Headquartered in College Station, Texas, TX-TF1 boasts more than 600 highly trained volunteer members from 65 organizations throughout Texas. Members include firefighters, medical specialists, canines and handlers, heavy equipment operators, structural engineers and other specialty emergency responders. The team maintains a $7 million equipment cache of more than 70,000 items weighing in excess of 100,000 pounds.. . Capabilities:. •Texas Task Force 1 members respond to mass casualty disasters and are trained and equipped to locate and extricate victims trapped in collapsed structures, confined spaces and trenches in highly populated areas. . •The Task Force is capable of responding to state and national disasters including earthquakes, hurricanes, widespread tornadoes, floods, and man-made technological and terrorist events.. •The team is designed to be logistically self-sufficient for the first 72 hours of operation and is able to function for up to 10 days.. •Texas Task Force 1 can be further divided into 28-member teams that are capable of responding to light structural collapses and general rescue situations, as well as into water strike teams for flood response. . Personnel:. •Texas Task Force 1 is comprised of more than 600 emergency response personnel from 65 organizations and departments across the state. . •Task Force members are capable of deploying within four hours and are divided into three 70-member teams (red, white and blue), which are each on a 30-day rotational call. . •Each team has six disciplines: a command structure; a rescue group; a medical group; a logistics group, a planning group and a search group, including canine search teams. . Equipment:. •Texas Task Force 1 maintains a $7 million state-of-the-art equipment cache of more than 70,000 items weighing in excess of 100,000 pounds. . •Equipment includes hydraulic jacks; rams; shoring; high-tech listening devices; hazardous material monitoring equipment; specialized victim location devices; breaching, breaking and lifting equipment; and medical and triage equipment. . •Water rescue equipment includes boats, personal flotation devices and advanced communication equipment.. •The helicopter rescue program is done in collaboration with the Texas Military Department. Training:. •Texas Task Force 1 trains at the world-renowned Disaster City™ in College Station. Disaster City is a 52-acre training facility that has been designed to simulate various levels of disaster and structural collapse. Filled with full-scale collapsible structures, the facility features a wide array of infrastructure found in every community, ranging from strip mall collapses to passenger train derailments. . •The team's water rescue training occurs at water sites throughout Texas. . History:. •Texas Task Force 1 was formed after the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Task Force held its first organizational meeting on Feb. 14, 1997. . •The Task Force joined FEMA's national urban search and rescue program in June 2001. . . TX-TF1 is also one of the 28 teams that comprise the FEMA National Urban Search and Rescue System.
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