Urban Search and Rescue Colorado Task Force 1
Urban Search and Rescue Colorado Task Force 1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Colorado. They were one of the 20 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams deployed to the World Trade Center site after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The task force is sponsored by the West Metro Fire Protection District and is made up of 70 positions with over 200 trained members including firefighters, paramedics, engineers and canine handlers.Deployments
CO-TF1 has taken part in the following deployments:
- Hurricane Florence - Raleigh, NC
- Hurricane Harvey - Houston, Texas
- Lower North Fork Fire 2012
- Hurricane Irene -
- Hurricane Ike - Houston, Texas
- Hurricane Gustav - Houston, Texas
- Windsor Tornado - Windsor, Colorado
- Pueblo Gas Explosion - Pueblo, Colorado
- Crowley County Fire 2008
- Kansas Greensburg Tornado 2007
- Hurricane Ernesto - Jacksonville, Florida
- Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans, Louisiana
- Hurricane Rita -
- Hurricane Ophelia -
- Hurricane Isabel -
- Hurricane Charley -
- Hurricane Frances - Jacksonville, Florida
- Space Shuttle Columbia disaster -
- World Trade Center Attack - New York, New York
- Ft. Collins Floods in 1997.
- Oklahoma City bombing - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
