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Urban Search and Rescue Massachusetts Task Force 1 or MA-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Beverly, Massachusetts. MA-TF1 is sponsored by the city of Beverly. The team is made up of 150 people including Police, Fire, EMS and Civilians.

Deployments

As of March 2015 below is a list of MA-TF1's deployments:

• Hurricane Luis - August 1995
• Hurricane Marilyn - September 1995
• Hurricane Opal - September 1995
• Meadow Pond Dam - March 1996
• 1996 Summer Olympics - July & August 1996
• Hurricane Georges - September 1998
• Hurricane Floyd - September 1999
• Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire - December 1999
• World Trade Center collapse - September 2001
• American Airlines Flight 587 - November 2001
• Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003
• Democratic National Convention - July 2004
• Hurricane Katrina - September 2005
• Hurricane Dennis - August 2005
• Hurricane Rita - September 2005
• Hurricane Wilma - September 2006
• Hurricane Ernesto - September 2006
• Danvers Chemical fire - November 2006
• Hurricane Gustav - August 2008
• Flooding in Fargo - March 2009
• Major Flooding - March 2010
• The Greater Springfield tornado - June 2011
• Hurricane Irene - August 2011
• Hurricane Sandy - October 2012

References

1. "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
2. "About Us". MA-FT1. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
3. "Deployments". MA-TF1. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Official blog

• Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces