Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 5

Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 5 or CA-TF5 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Orange County, California. CA-TF5 is sponsored by the Orange County Fire Authority. [cite web | url = http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/locations.shtm | title = US&R Task Force Locations | publisher = FEMA | accessdate = August 28 | accessyear = 2006]

CA-TF5 is one of six Task Forces that is Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) certified having received extensive training in responding to incidents involving chemical, biological or radiological agents. [cite web | date = July 10 2006 | url = http://www.catf5.org/Index.htm | title = Task Force 5 Home Page | publisher = CA-TF5 | accessdate = September 6 | accessyear = 2006]

Participating agencies in the Task Force are the Orange County Fire Authority, Orange Fire Department, Anaheim Fire Department, Santa Ana Fire Department and the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Deployments

* Northridge earthquake, Los Angeles County, California [cite web | url = http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/fire/USAR.asp | title = Urban Search and Rescue (U.S.A.R.) | publisher = City of Santa Ana | accessdate = September 6 | accessyear = 2006]
* Oklahoma City bombing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [cite web | url = http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/fire/emergency/specialty/urban.asp | title = USAR Team | publisher = Orange Fire Department | accessdate = September 6 | accessyear = 2006]
* Northern California Flood of New Year's Day 1997 - Napa, California; Yuba County, Californiacite web | url = http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/fire/about/default.asp | title = About the Department | work = Orange Fire Department | publisher = City of Orange | accessdate = September 6 | accessyear = 2006]
* Debris recovery of Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - February 2003. [cite web | url = http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/caib/PDFS/VOL2/D10.PDF#page=8 | title = Volume II - Appendix D.10 - Debris Recovery | work = Columbia Accident Investigation Report | publisher = Columbia Accident Investigation Board | accessdate = August 29 | accessyear = 2006]
* Hurricane Katrina [cite press release | publisher=FEMA | date=September 3, 2005 | title=National Urban Search And Rescue Teams Deployed | url=http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18582 | accessdate=2006-08-28]
* Hurricane Rita
* Hurricane Gustav

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