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Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1 or VA-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Fairfax County, Virginia. VA-TF1 is sponsored by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.

Established in 1986 as a domestic and international disaster response resource, sponsored by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, Virginia Task Force 1 is rostered by approximately 200 specially trained career and volunteer fire and rescue personnel, with expertise in the rescue of victims from collapsed structures, following natural disasters or terrorist attacks.

The team is composed of emergency managers and planners, physicians and paramedics, and specialists in the fields of structural engineering, heavy rigging, collapse rescue, logistics, hazardous materials, communications, canine and technical search.

Virginia Task Force 1 has partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency for domestic responses and the United States Agency for International Development's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance to provide international responses to natural and man-made disasters. As a part of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, the task force maintains constant operational readiness as a local resource for residents of Fairfax County and surrounding jurisdictions.

Deployments

As of October 2024, VA-TF1 has taken part in the following deployments:

References

1. ^ "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
2. "Virginia Task Force 1". Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
3. "Past Missions". Virginia Task Force 1. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
4. "Fairfax Fire/Rescue @ffxfirerescue". Twitter. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018. VA-TF1 has been activated by @fema as a 16-person water rescue team in response to #HurricaneMichael. Expected departure this morning. @ffxfirerescue
5. "Fairfax Fire/Rescue @ffxfirerescue". Twitter. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. September 15, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018. @VATF1 has been activated. Two water rescue teams will be departing to assist with rescue efforts related to #HurricaneFlorence. #news #fcfrd
6. "Fairfax Fire/Rescue @ffxfirerescue". Twitter. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. September 15, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018. Captain Tracey Reed, member of @VATF1 provides an update. One team departing shortly. #fcfrd #HurricaneFlorence #florence
7. "Fairfax Fire/Rescue on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
8. "Tsunami Update 4: Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) deploying to Japan". FEMA Blog. FEMA. March 11, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
9. http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2010/pr100112.html Archived October 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine USAID Responds Immediately to Haiti Earthquake PRESS RELEASE January 12, 2010
10. "Virginia Task Force 1 News & Info". Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Fairfax County Government. March 11, 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012.
11. ^ "Virginia Task Force 1". Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Fairfax County Government. November 6, 2009. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016.

External links

• Virginia Task Force 1

• Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces
• Fairfax County, Virginia
• 2010 Haiti earthquake relief
• Organizations established in 1986
• 1986 establishments in Virginia