Welcome to the California Urban Search & Rescue Task
Force 6
(CA-TF6) website!
Under the leadership of Division Chief/US&R
Program Manager Dave Lesh, the highly trained members of
CA-TF6 include firefighters, medical professionals,
canine/handler teams and emergency management personnel with
special expertise in search and rescue operations. CA-TF6 has
performed search and rescue for numerous major disasters,
including the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, the 9/11 terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center, and Hurricane Katrina.
US&R
CA-TF6 Structural Collapse Technician Training
Video
World Trade Center Mission - Day Team
What
is Urban Search and Rescue? The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) established
the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System in 1989 as a
framework for structuring local emergency services personnel into integrated
disaster response task forces.
Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) involves the location, rescue
(extrication), and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in confined
spaces.
California Urban Search and
Rescue Task Force 6 (CA-TF6)
is one of twenty-eight teams in the nation which respond to
regional and national emergencies, including earthquakes,
terrorist attacks, hurricanes and other natural or manmade
disasters. If a disaster warrants national assistance, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will deploy the
nearest task force(s) to support state and local emergency
response efforts, locate victims and manage recovery operations.
Mission Statement
The CA US&R System provides highly specialized
personnel and resources, leveraged from the local level, for
24/7 response capability to the State and Federal Government.
The primary role of the CA US&R System is to
provide highly trained, motivated and experienced personnel,
specialized tools, equipment and techniques for the purpose of
rescuing persons in peril as a result of natural and manmade
disasters, terrorist acts and acts of war, as well as to provide
large scale incident management coordination and support, as
applicable, in support of overall incident operations.
Participating Agencies
Click on a link below to view participating agency homepages
