Ohio Task Force 1 members becoming specialists in heavy equipment

A recent 3-day training course is helping members of Ohio Task Force 1 become specialists in heavy equipment rigging (HERS), ...
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N.Y. EMS youth members join rescue task force training for active shooter response

EMS and police ran a hands-on exercise to improve high-risk coordination and patient care, with Spring Hill Youth Corps members temporarily elevated to train alongside veteran members ...
WESA

State funding will expand Pittsburgh rescue task force, add search dogs

Pennsylvania Urban Search and Rescue Strike Task Force 1 Leader Brian Kokkila discusses the process of obtaining a higher accreditation at the Fire Bureau Headquarters. Dogs that can sniff out people ...
WFMZ-TV

Rise in school threats causing concern in Lehigh County community, rescue task force trains for active shooter

LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. (WFMZ) -- A rise in school threats has many on edge. Just yesterday, an Allentown student was charged for a bomb threat to Trexler Middle School. Police say the threat was a hoax ...
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Virginia Task Force 1 heads to Jamaica to assist with recovery efforts

Virginia Task Force 1, the International Urban Search and Rescue team, touched down in Jamaica on Thursday. The team consists of 34 people, four dogs and 20 tons of equipment. They say their ...

VBFD prepares first responders on how to handle structural collapses

For 26 years, the Virginia Beach Fire Department has been training first responders from across the nation on skills and techniques in structural collapse operations. “There’s three main disciplines ...