Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 5

Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 5 or CA-TF5 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Orange County, California. CA-TF5 is sponsored by the Orange County Fire Authority.[1]

CA-TF5 Patch

CA-TF5 is one of six Task Forces that is Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) certified having received extensive training in responding to incidents involving chemical, biological or radiological agents.[2]

Participating agencies in the Task Force are the Orange County Fire Authority, Orange Fire Department, Anaheim Fire Department (California).

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. "Task Force 5 Home Page". CA-TF5. July 10, 2006. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
  3. "Urban Search and Rescue (U.S.A.R.)". City of Santa Ana. Archived from the original on August 27, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
  4. "USAR Team". Orange Fire Department. Archived from the original on August 28, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
  5. 1 2 "About the Department". Orange Fire Department. City of Orange. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
  6. "Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery" (PDF). Columbia Accident Investigation Report. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2006. 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.
  8. "OCFA PIO".
  9. "'We're going to search … down to the sand,' says OCFA battalion chief at Florida condo collapse". Brian Rokos. OC Register. 4 July 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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