Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4

Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 or CA-TF4 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Oakland, California. CA-TF4 is sponsored by the Oakland Fire Department.^[1]

CA-TF4 is composed of individuals from a number of different agencies. The agencies are the Alameda City Fire Department, Alameda County Fire Department, American Medical Response, Berkeley Fire Department, Camp Parks, Dublin Fire Department, Fremont Fire Department, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, Marin County Fire Department, Novato Fire Department, Oakland Fire Department, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, Santa Rosa Fire Department and the Stockton Fire Department.^[2]

Deployments

• September 11, 2001 attacks - Deployed to World Trade Center, New York City, New York^[3]
• Hurricane Katrina^[4]
• Hurricane Rita - Gulf Region^[5]

References

1. "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
2. "Participating Agencies". CA-TF4. February 9, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
3. "Searching in Hope: FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Teams". FEMA. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
4. "National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed" (Press release). FEMA. September 3, 2005. Retrieved 2006-08-28.
5. "Hurricane Rita Deployment". Search Dog Foundation. Archived from the original on February 2, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2006.

External links

• "California Task Force 4". Retrieved September 6, 2006.