Urban Search and Rescue Washington Task Force 1
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Urban Search and Rescue Washington Task Force or WA-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force
based in Puget Sound region, Washington
and is sponsored by the municipalities in the region.
Washington Task Force 1 was deployed to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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 Puget Sound region, Washington
Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...
and is sponsored by the municipalities in the region.
Washington Task Force 1 was deployed to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.