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Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1 (MO-TF1) is aFEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based inBoone County,Missouri.[1] The task force is sponsored by theBoone County Fire Protection District and is designated as theWeapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Response Team for the state ofMissouri.[2]
MO-TF1 is capable of performing the following operations:
Urban search and rescue (US&R) involves the location, rescue (extrication) and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined spaces. Structural collapse is most often the cause of victims being trapped, but victims may also be trapped in transportation accidents,mines and collapsedtrenches.
Urban search and rescue (US&R) is considered a "multi-hazard" discipline, as it may be needed for a variety of emergencies or disasters, includingearthquakes,hurricanes,typhoons,storms andtornadoes,floods,dam failures, technological accidents,terrorist activities, and hazardous materials releases. The events may be slow in developing, as in the case of hurricanes, or sudden, as in the case of earthquakes.
If a disaster event warrants national US&R support, FEMA will deploy the three closest task forces within six hours of notification, and additional teams as necessary. The role of these task forces is to support state and localemergency responders' efforts to locate victims and manage recovery operations.
Each task force consists of 70 specially trained personnel (two 35-person teams), four canines and a comprehensive equipment cache. US&R task force members work in four areas of specialization: search, to find victims trapped after a disaster; rescue, which includes safely digging victims out of tons of collapsedconcrete andmetal; technical, made up of structural specialists who make rescues safe for the rescuers; and medical, which cares for the victims before and after a rescue.
The task force is divided into six specialized teams.[3]
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