Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3

Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3 or CA-TF3 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Menlo Park, California. CA-TF3 is sponsored by the Menlo Park Fire District.[1]

CA-TF3 was created in September 1991.[2]

NASA's Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) based at the Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California is part of CA-TF3.[3] This partnership provides CA-TF3 with access to cutting edge US&R technology and the Task Force often tests new technology for applicability to US&R.

Deployments

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References

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  1. ^ "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d "About the Team". CT-TF3. Retrieved August 30, 2006.
  3. ^ "Ames' Disaster Rescue Team to Support Search-Dog Test" (Press release). NASA Ames Research Center. 2001-05-17. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
  4. ^ "FEMA Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Summaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2006. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
  5. ^ "Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
  6. ^ "Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery" (PDF). Columbia Accident Investigation Report. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
  7. ^ "National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed" (Press release). FEMA. September 3, 2005. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
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