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Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3 or CA-TF3 is a
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in
Menlo Park, California. CA-TF3 is sponsored by the
Menlo Park Fire District.
[1]
CA-TF3 was created in September 1991.
[2]
NASA's
Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) based at the
Ames Research Center near
Mountain View, California is part of CA-TF3.
[3] This partnership provides CA-TF3 with access to cutting edge US&R technology and the Task Force often tests new technology for applicability to US&R.
Deployments
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Hurricane Iniki,
Kauai,
Hawaii
[2]
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Northridge earthquake,
Los Angeles County, California
[2]
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Oklahoma City bombing,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
[4]
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Northern California Flood of New Year's Day 1997 -
Napa, California;
Yuba County, California
[2]
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September 11, 2001 attacks - Deployed to
World Trade Center,
New York City, New York
[5]
- Debris recovery of
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003.
[6]
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Hurricane Katrina
[7]
References
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"US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from
the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
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"About the Team". CT-TF3. Retrieved August 30, 2006.
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"Ames' Disaster Rescue Team to Support Search-Dog Test" (Press release). NASA Ames Research Center. 2001-05-17. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
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"FEMA Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Summaries" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on September 27, 2006. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
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"Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
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"Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery" (PDF). Columbia Accident Investigation Report. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
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"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.
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