Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2 or CA-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Los Angeles County, California. CA-TF2 is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
CA-TF2 is one of two Task Forces that works with the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to provide international response to natural and man-made disasters.USAID USAID Disaster Assiatance Partners Index
Deployments Hurricane Iniki, Kauai, Hawaii 1994 Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles County, California Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, Georgia September 11 attacks - New York, New York 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah - Deployed to Utah on standby in the event of a disaster or attack. Debris recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003 2003 Bam earthquake - December 2003 Southeast Asia tsunami - Sri Lanka Hurricane Katrina - Deployed to New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita - Gulf Region 2010 Haiti earthquake 2011 Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand 2011 Japan earthquake April 2015 Nepal earthquake$10 Million: The Latest On U.S. Aid To Nepal Talk Radio News Service; April 28, 2015 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake 2026 Venezuela earthquakes
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