Urban Search and Rescue Nevada Task Force 1
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Urban Search and Rescue Nevada Task Force 1 or NV-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force
based in Clark County, Nevada
. NV-TF1 is sponsored by the Clark County Fire Department
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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 Clark County, Nevada
Clark County, Nevada
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...
. NV-TF1 is sponsored by the Clark County Fire Department
Clark County Fire Department
The Clark County Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection, rescue and emergency medical services for unincorporated Clark County, Nevada....
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Member agencies
- Clark County Fire DepartmentClark County Fire DepartmentThe Clark County Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection, rescue and emergency medical services for unincorporated Clark County, Nevada....
- Las Vegas Fire & RescueLas Vegas Fire & RescueThe Las Vegas Fire & Rescue is the agency that provides fire protection, fire prevention and emergency medical services for the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the third largest fire department in the state of Nevada after Clark County Fire Department and the Reno Fire Department...
- Henderson Fire DepartmentHenderson Fire DepartmentThe Henderson Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Henderson, Nevada, the second largest city in Nevada...
- North Las Vegas Fire Department
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police DepartmentLas Vegas Metropolitan Police DepartmentThe Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is a joint city-county police force for the City of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada. It is run by the Sheriff of Clark County, elected every four years. The current Sheriff of Clark County is Douglas C...
- civilians from several private companies
Deployments
- 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...
(September 2001) - New Orleans, 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...
(September 2005) - Lake Charles, 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...
(September 2005)