Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 2
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Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 2 or FL-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Miami, Florida and sponsored by the Miami Fire Department.{{cite web|title=Task Force Locations|url=https://www.fema.gov/task-force-locations|website=FEMA|access-date=30 January 2015}} FL-TF2 was started in 1991 and is designed to respond to a variety of disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, and terrorist attacks.{{cite web|title=Task Force 2|url=http://www.fltf2.us/|website=USAR South Florida Task Force 2|access-date=1 February 2015}} The Miami Fire Department sponsors the team, and provides administrative staff as well as warehouse space and other infrastructure needs. The team is composed of experts from 23 additional fire and police departments as well as civilians making up the 210 members of the team.{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.fltf2.us/aboutus.html|website=USAR South Florida Task Force 2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
Deployments
- 1995 - Hurricane Opal{{cite web|title=Hurricane Opal|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/opal.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 1996 - Humberto Vidal explosion in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico{{cite web|title=Humberto Vidal|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/hvidal.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 1998 - Papua New Guinea earthquake{{cite web|title=Papua New Guinea|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/papua.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 1999 - Hurricane Floyd{{cite web|title=Hurricane Floyd|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/floyd.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2001 - World Trade Center{{cite web|title=World Trade Center|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/911.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster{{cite web|title=Shuttle Columbia|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/columbia.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2004 - Hurricane Charley{{cite web|title=Hurricane Charley|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/charley.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2004 - Hurricane Frances{{cite web|title=Hurricane Frances|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/frances.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2005 - Hurricane Katrina{{cite web|title=Gulfport Deployment 2005|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/gulfport.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2005 - Hurricane Katrina{{cite web|title=Gulfport Deployment 2005|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/gulfport.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2010 - Haiti earthquake{{cite web|title=Haiti Deployment (January 2010)|url=http://www.fltf2.us/history/haiti.html|website=FL TF2|access-date=1 February 2015}}
- 2021 - Surfside Condominium Collapse in Surfside, Florida{{Cite web|last=Morejon|first=Liane|date=2021-06-25|title=Task Force 2 is here: 80 elite members, including K-9s, arrive to help in Surfside building collapse|url=https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/06/25/task-force-2-is-here-80-elite-members-including-k-9s-on-their-way-to-help-surfside-building-collapse/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=WPLG|language=en}}
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