Urban Search and Rescue Colorado Task Force 1

Urban Search and Rescue Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1) is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Colorado.^[1] They were one of the 20 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams deployed to the World Trade Center site after the September 11, 2001 attacks.^[2] The task force is sponsored by the West Metro Fire Protection District and is made up of 70 positions with over 200 trained members including firefighters, paramedics, engineers and canine handlers.^[3]

Deployments

As of September 2018^[update] CO-TF1 has taken part in the following deployments:^[4]

Hurricane Florence - Raleigh, NC (September 2018)^[5]
Hurricane Harvey - Houston, Texas (August/September 2017)^[6]
Lower North Fork Fire 2012
Hurricane Irene - (August 2011)
Hurricane Ike - Houston, Texas (August/September 2008)
Hurricane Gustav - Houston, Texas (August 2008)
Windsor Tornado - Windsor, Colorado (May 2008)
Pueblo Gas Explosion - Pueblo, Colorado (November 2008)
Crowley County Fire 2008
Kansas Greensburg Tornado 2007
Hurricane Ernesto - Jacksonville, Florida (August 2006)
Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans, Louisiana (August 2005)
Hurricane Rita - (September 2005)
Hurricane Ophelia - (September 2005)
Hurricane Isabel - (September 2004)
Hurricane Charley - (August 2004)
Hurricane Frances - Jacksonville, Florida (September 2004)
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - (February 2003)
World Trade Center Attack - New York, New York (September 2001)
Ft. Collins Floods in 1997.
Oklahoma City bombing - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (April 1995)

References

^ "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
^ "Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA. Archived from the original on October 20, 2002. Retrieved August 24, 2008.
^ "Colorado US&R". West Metro Fire Protection. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Fact Sheet". West Metro Fire. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ https://www.facebook.com/WestMetroFireRescue/posts/10156502176280535?__xts__[0]=68.ARBe7IDVdeDw_ZlxM5AZW-ht8AR551-mmPfkBpHHlHMk-eDfPooyZzpjIY5rDazItglC_44rx2_mCVbR2q6xO31lW6g7mRxkZl1zjdRFIGygG4kFbwnWhzh35Uvm5EKgDnQJkJ_jBuSBOqQy1TVQrgOMjT5ktxk6SaTOPKlNwdR1N8g2iCe-dg&__tn__=C-R/ ^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Colorado Task Force 1 Deploys Crews To Texas Amid Historic Flooding". 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

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[1] "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.

[2] "Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA. Archived from the original on October 20, 2002. Retrieved August 24, 2008.

[west-metro-3] "Colorado US&R". West Metro Fire Protection. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[facts-4] "Fact Sheet". West Metro Fire. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

[5] ttps://www.facebook.com/WestMetroFireRescue/posts/10156502176280535?__xts__[0]=68.ARBe7IDVdeDw_ZlxM5AZW-ht8AR551-mmPfkBpHHlHMk-eDfPooyZzpjIY5rDazItglC_44rx2_mCVbR2q6xO31lW6g7mRxkZl1zjdRFIGygG4kFbwnWhzh35Uvm5EKgDnQJkJ_jBuSBOqQy1TVQrgOMjT5ktxk6SaTOPKlNwdR1N8g2iCe-dg&__tn__=C-R/ ^{[user-generated source]}

[6] "Colorado Task Force 1 Deploys Crews To Texas Amid Historic Flooding". 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

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