BEVERLY, Mass. — The Massachusetts Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team is sending an 80-member team to Louisiana to help residents affected by Hurricane Ida.
The Beverly-based team will be departing on Sunday afternoon, it said in a tweet.
MA-TF1 has been activated in response to Hurricane Ida. We will be sending an 80 member team to the Louisiana area to assist the residents affected by Hurricane Ida. The Team will be departing Beverly base this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/uBMdiM0IU4
— MA-TF1 (@MassTaskforce1) August 29, 2021
“MA-TF1 has been activated in response to Hurricane Ida. We will be sending an 80 member team to the Louisiana area to assist the residents affected by Hurricane Ida,” the tweet said. “The Team will be departing Beverly base this afternoon.”
The National Urban Search and Rescue System was established under the authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 1989, according to its website. It is a framework for structuring local emergency service personnel into integrated disaster response task forces.
Massachusetts Task Force 1 (MA-TF1), is a specialized rescue organization comprised of highly-trained firefighters, technical rescue technicians, medical professionals, canine handlers, engineers, physicians and civilians with specialty skills from various cities and departments located throughout New England.
Massachusetts Task Force 1 (MA-TF1) is one of 28 FEMA US&R Task Forces spread throughout the continental United States trained and equipped by FEMA to handle structural collapse.
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