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Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 2 or FL-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Miami, Florida and sponsored by the Miami Fire Department. FL-TF2 was started in 1991 and is designed to respond to a variety of disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, and terrorist attacks. The Miami Fire Department sponsors the team, and provides administrative staff as well as warehouse space and other infrastructure needs. The team is composed of experts from 23 additional fire and police departments as well as civilians making up the 210 members of the team.

Deployments

• 1995 - Hurricane Opal
• 1996 - Humberto Vidal explosion in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
• 1998 - Papua New Guinea earthquake
• 1999 - Hurricane Floyd
• 2001 - World Trade Center
• 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
• 2004 - Hurricane Charley
• 2004 - Hurricane Frances
• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina
• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina
• 2010 - Haiti earthquake
• 2021 - Surfside Condominium Collapse in Surfside, Florida

References

1. "Task Force Locations". FEMA. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
2. "Task Force 2". USAR South Florida Task Force 2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
3. "About Us". USAR South Florida Task Force 2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
4. "Hurricane Opal". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
5. "Humberto Vidal". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
6. "Papua New Guinea". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
7. "Hurricane Floyd". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
8. "World Trade Center". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
9. "Shuttle Columbia". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
10. "Hurricane Charley". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
11. "Hurricane Frances". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
12. "Gulfport Deployment 2005". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
13. "Gulfport Deployment 2005". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
14. "Haiti Deployment (January 2010)". FL TF2. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
15. Morejon, Liane (2021-06-25). "Task Force 2 is here: 80 elite members, including K-9s, arrive to help in Surfside building collapse". WPLG. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

• Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces
• Miami