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FEMA US&R TASK FORCE 7-SACRAMENTO UPDATE OF EVENTS:
September 14, 2001 Good afternoon. This is an update of information from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services on the California Urban Search and Rescue Teams Deployed in New York City. The teams have been assigned to divisions within the New York City Operational Area as part of a coordinated effort to augment the local resources. The information gathered from each teams follows. · OES Task Force # 1-LA City The team has pulled off the rubble pile for a time due to safety concerns. They met with Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Sector Officer to address safety concerns and returned to their assignment. The team is doing well. · OES Task Force # 6 Riverside The team is working well given the huge debris pile. The rain has made working conditions worse than they were "mucky mess" with no finds. The perimeter has been secured and personnel must be cleared by NYPD. · OES Task Force # 7 Sacramento The team is doing well and working sub grade searching through debris and mountains of rubble. The surface search with the dogs is progressing well with the dogs getting excited but no "hits". The facilities are limited, but the team is in good spirits. They received their assignment from FDNY. Total Number of Personnel from California OES: 230 Additional Information with is distributed as it arrives. Be Safe!
September 17, 2001 Additional State OES Staff Dispatched to New York, Washington D.C. During the night, team members from one of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services three Urban, Search, and Rescue (US&R) Task Forces were working near an Indiana US&R task force when the Indiana unit forced entry into a burning area and had a fire flash on them. California rescuers extinguished the fire and helped get the Indiana firefighters out. Four of the Indiana firefighters were burned. Three of those burned were treated and released. There is currently no update on the most severely burned. In support of the US&R task forces, OES is preparing to deploy eight and possibly 11 additional personnel to the Pentagon and World Trade Center disaster scenes, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Among those being deployed are mapping, planning, and logistics specialists, as well as a donations manager. OES will continue to support Search and Rescue operations, as well as other rescue and relief efforts from the 24-hour State Operations Center and Regional Emergency Operations Center. All three California US&R teams continue to work alongside and in support of New York fire and police personnel. California's Riverside task force is currently working with six excavators, one 500-ton crane and a 350-ton crane, near a 200-foot deep, 1,000 feet in diameter crater, where Tower 2 collapsed. Task Force personnel reported minor injuries, aches, and pains, primarily because workers are walking on uneven debris fields. CA OES US&R Task Force 1 (Los Angeles City) CA OES US&R Task Force 6 (Riverside) CA OES Task Force 7 (Sacramento) Personnel deployed by California OES to Washington and New York
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September 21, 2001 Sacramento US&R Task Force 7 returns. Critical Incident Stress Management web page specific to the New York Terrorist Incident. National Disaster Search Dog Foundation Sacramento Chaplaincy Escorts Rescuers to NY. Learn More about the Chaplaincy Program.
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