To enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency responses, focusing on increasing capabilities, expediting threat mitigation and improving casualty outcomes, a successful Active ...

MOTF-1 is a division of the Boone County Fire Protection District created to assist local emergency agencies facing a disaster response. Since its deployment to southeastern Missouri on Thursday, ...

Jefferson City firefighters may join Missouri Task Force 1, the state's biggest search-and-rescue task force, during heavy rains and potentially severe flooding expected in Poplar Bluff and Butler ...

MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN EMERGENCY TASK FORCE PRESS RELEASE) - Twenty-one members of Wisconsin’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force recently returned to Wisconsin following a 14-day deployment in ...

Pennsylvania Urban Search and Rescue Strike Task Force 1 Leader Brian Kokkila discusses the process of obtaining a higher accreditation at the Fire Bureau Headquarters. Dogs that can sniff out people ...

On a blustery morning in Dayton, Ohio, eight firefighters from around the country stand in front of a 20-foot concrete cylinder with the words "BELL TOWER" spray-painted on the front. They're here for ...