I am asking the leadership of the SUSAR Teams if any Team is proposing to host a K-9 Evaluation this year? Several Evaluations should be conducted during the...
Guys- I am looking for a powerpoint or pictures to review with my team on Trench Incidents involving Trench Boxes. If anyone has any powerpoints, pictures, ...
Below is a link to some aerial photography of Greensburg, KS after the EF-5 Tornado. Provides for some great TRT Discussion, esp. from a Search and Recon...
Jim CTTF-1 will be holding a Type II (FSA) test during the CSSC in Nov. Teams who plan on attending are RI,MI,ILL,NJ and CT. Still have room for more teams so...
IDTF-1 can hold a Type II test in September or October if there are enought teams interested. Please contact me at jsells@.... Thanks Jeff Sells Canine...
I am sure that there are a couple of names from Delaware that we could put into the mix as they need the certification as well Bucky Finnegan Deputy Chief ...
Try http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/resources.shtm Brian Rousseau From: SUSAR@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SUSAR@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aafdtechrescue ...
It can be found at www.DisasterEngineer.org William C. Bracken, PE, StS2 ... President/Principal Engineer Bracken Engineering, Inc. Senior Structures...
Nice website. I enjoyed my little tour. Michael "Mick" Mayers Acting Director, Urban Search and Rescue Program South Carolina Emergency Response Task Force ...
I just got an e-mail with pictures of my beloved Notre Dame campus after a windstorm. First I heard of it- Kaz, you alive out there? That must be one of...
Is there a standard color/size for webbing anchors? Meaning a green piece or webbing is 4 foot, a yellow piece is 6 foot, etc? In the process or re-doing our...
Georgia uses the following: orange=20 blue=15 yellow=12 green=5 This came from the old rescue sytems course taught here years ago by guys from California. ... ...
If there isn't a standard may I suggest something from the Comm guys? The very old but very well known resistor color code. With color spray paint or tape,...
I attended several days of Work Group meetings this week regarding the NIMS K-9 SAR Job Titles- related to Disaster. We had a nice group which included...
In the beginning of USAR as we know it, a color code came to GA by way of CA that incorporated 4 different lengths of webbing. 5' - Green 12' - Yellow 15' -...
Glad to see all the info sharing on the Yahoogroup. NJ-TF1 has had 7 deployments and 3 exercises in the last 4 weeks so we have been busy. SUSAR continues...
We are doing one in Florida next month. Check with Thomas Quinn for slots. Mike From: SUSAR@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SUSAR@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Joe...
Doc., Florida will be doing a Medical Specialist course it will be taught as a FEMA Speclist courses, but it will not be equivalent. Medical Specialist and...
Depending on the recommendations of the Work Group there may be an "or equivalent" placed after whatever course is listed as one of the "training" items listed...
The announcement from the governor's office came out on Thursday. Texas Task Force 2 is now a state US&R task force. We have upped our Type III response to a...
Here's a quick article and pics about our deployment to Greensburg, KS. We arrived on May 11th. One day after the FEMA USAR Team from Nebraska demobilized. ...
Thanks for the update Bill. Do you think as a State Team Kansas would have been called out faster? Chuck Wehrli ILTF-1 ... From: schneidere52@... To:...
An interesting fact is that we had a meeting in Topeka (State Capitol) with State Emergency Management on developing a state USAR team two days prior to the...
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