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Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3 or CA-TF3 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Menlo Park, California. CA-TF3 is sponsored by the Menlo Park Fire District.

CA-TF3 was created in September 1991.

NASA's Ames Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) based at the Ames Research Center near Mountain View, California is part of CA-TF3. This partnership provides CA-TF3 with access to cutting edge US&R technology and the Task Force often tests new technology for applicability to US&R.

Deployments

• Hurricane Iniki, Kauai, Hawaii
• Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles County, California
• Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Northern California Flood of New Year's Day 1997 - Napa, California; Yuba County, California
• September 11, 2001 attacks - Deployed to World Trade Center, New York City, New York
• Debris recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003.
• Hurricane Katrina

References

1. "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
2. ^ "About the Team". CT-TF3. Retrieved August 30, 2006.
3. "Ames' Disaster Rescue Team to Support Search-Dog Test" (Press release). NASA Ames Research Center. 2001-05-17. Retrieved 2006-09-05.
4. "FEMA Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Summaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2006. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
5. "Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
6. "Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery" (PDF). Columbia Accident Investigation Report. Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
7. "National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed" (Press release). FEMA. September 3, 2005. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved August 28, 2006.

External links

• "California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 3". Retrieved October 28, 2009.

• Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces
• Menlo Park, California