Utah Task Force 1 (UT-TF 1)- Salt Lake Urban Search & Rescue is one of 28 federal Department of Homeland Security / Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search & Rescue Task Forces in the United States. The task force is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is managed by the Unified Fire Authority and the Salt Lake City Fire Department. Activation of the task force is accomplished by the State of Utah, or FEMA for rapid deployment of the Task Force. The highly specialized task force is self-sufficient for up to 72 hours and includes physicians, canine search dogs, heavy rescue firefighters and paramedics, and structural engineers.
UT-TF 1 was deployed to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and to the Hurricane Katrina site in 2005.
The Task Force manages 4.3 million dollars in specialized vehicles and equipment. This equipment is maintained by personnel trained by FEMA who work full-time for the Unified Fire Authority and the Salt Lake City Fire Department.
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