Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4
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Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 or CA-TF4 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force
based in Oakland, California
. CA-TF4 is sponsored by the Oakland Fire Department
.
CA-TF4 is composed of individuals from a number of different agencies. The agencies are the Alameda City Fire Department, Alameda County Fire Department, American Medical Response
, Berkeley Fire Department, Camp Parks, Dublin Fire Department, Fremont Fire Department, Contra Costa County Fire Department, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, Marin County Fire Department, Novato Fire Department, Oakland Fire Department
, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
, Santa Rosa Fire Department
and the Stockton Fire Department.
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force
thumb|Members of FEMA US&R Task Force at [[World Trade Center]] after the 9/11 attacks.A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force is a team of individuals specializing in urban search and rescue, disaster recovery, and emergency triage and medicine. The teams are deployed to emergency and disaster...
based in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. CA-TF4 is sponsored by the Oakland Fire Department
Oakland Fire Department
The city of Oakland, California is protected 24/7 by the 500 professional firefighters of the Oakland Fire Department. The Oakland Fire Department is the only fire and rescue agency in the city of Oakland and operates out of 25 Fire Stations, located throughout the city and the airport...
.
CA-TF4 is composed of individuals from a number of different agencies. The agencies are the Alameda City Fire Department, Alameda County Fire Department, American Medical Response
American Medical Response
American Medical Response, Inc. or is an American provider of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation, operating in 38 states and the District of Columbia. It employs around 17,000 personnel and has a fleet of 4,400 vehicles...
, Berkeley Fire Department, Camp Parks, Dublin Fire Department, Fremont Fire Department, Contra Costa County Fire Department, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, Marin County Fire Department, Novato Fire Department, Oakland Fire Department
Oakland Fire Department
The city of Oakland, California is protected 24/7 by the 500 professional firefighters of the Oakland Fire Department. The Oakland Fire Department is the only fire and rescue agency in the city of Oakland and operates out of 25 Fire Stations, located throughout the city and the airport...
, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District is an autonomous Special District as defined under the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, California Health and Safety Code, Section 13800...
, Santa Rosa Fire Department
Santa Rosa Fire Department
Santa Rosa Fire Department - SRFD is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Santa Rosa, California...
and the Stockton Fire Department.
Deployments
- September 11, 2001 attacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
- Deployed to World Trade CenterWorld Trade CenterThe original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
, New York City, New York - Hurricane KatrinaHurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
- Hurricane RitaHurricane RitaHurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005...
- Gulf RegionGulf Coast of the United StatesThe Gulf Coast of the United States, sometimes referred to as the Gulf South, South Coast, or 3rd Coast, comprises the coasts of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are known as the Gulf States...