A recent 3-day training course is helping members of Ohio Task Force 1 become specialists in heavy equipment rigging (HERS), which is vital in disaster situations. Only 20-40 students are accepted in ...

Crews from Tulsa and Oklahoma City are helping rescue flood victims in Texas, including children. Here’s how they’re coordinating and coping. For the first time since their arrival, we’re hearing from ...

Members of Oklahoma Task Force One are sharpening their skills this week alongside U.S. Special Operations forces during joint training exercises at Camp Gruber. The Tulsa Fire Department’s Helicopter ...

America's urban search and rescue teams are facing financial and political pressure. However, their work has never been more ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Many are reflecting on Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi 20 years ago. Katrina intensified to a Category 5 storm before weakening to a Category 3 when ...

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - Members of Wisconsin’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, known as Wisconsin Task Force 1 (WI-TF1), are currently on their way to Texas to assist with search efforts following ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Task Force 1 deployed to Kerrville, Texas, on Saturday to assist with the disaster caused by flooding and heavy rains. “So they’re preparing for more flooding in that same ...

For the first time since their arrival, we’re hearing from members of Oklahoma Task Force 1 as they continue intense rescue operations in flood-stricken areas of Texas. The team, made up of emergency ...