The Menlo Park Fire Protection District proudly sponsors the CA-TF3 Urban Search and Rescue Team. It operates under the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As the sponsoring agency the Fire District has the responsibility of managing the team making sure it is able to respond to any incident it is requested to do so.

Manning the team is done through many departments in the Metropolitan Bay Area. When the team is deployed it's members comprises 63 members. Approximately 18 team members come from the Menlo Park Fire District with the remaining positions being filled by other Fire Departments and a handful of civilian positions (engineers, rescue dogs, communication specialists, etc.)

On September 11, 2001 the United States was attack by terrorist.  Many Americans lost their lives during these attacks.  Many Firefighters, Policeman and EMS Personnel lost their lives while trying to save others.  The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) lost over 300 of their own personnel including most of their command staff.  At 11:00 am on September 11, 2001 California Task Force 3 (CATF-3) was put on alert.  Preparations began for their eventual September 18 activation.  The Task Force developed a slide show presentation to brief other emergency personnel on the event.  We have posted here a link to the slide showpresentation for your viewing.  

Posted Sept. 11, 2002
One year after the terrible terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, FEMA has released the official 26 page after action report on the World Trade Center Incident. To view the report (in PDF format) click on this link. If you need a copy of adobe acrobat one can be downloaded by clicking on this link.

Coming soon we will be posting of various USAR related items for your viewing.