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Welcome to the website of the Rhode Island Urban Search & Rescue Task Force.
This Task Force is a volunteer Urban Search And Rescue Team that is authorized by
the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency. The team is capable of responding
to terrorists incidents involving explosives as well as structural collapses caused
by earthquakes, hurricanes, air crashes, and other natural or man-made disasters.
The goal in developing a local USAR team in Rhode Island, is so that RIEMA will be
able to respond more quickly to major disasters than would be the case if we simply
relied upon the Federal USAR teams.
RIUSAR conforms to US&R Operational Procedures that were developed by FEMA.
RIUSAR is a 70-person Task Force comprised of five major functional elements:
Search, Rescue, Medical, Logistics, and Planning, including associated supervisory
positions.
It is anticipated that each of the 70 positions on the Team will be staffed
two-deep, thereby increasing overall Membership to 140 persons. RIUSAR is also
capable of deploying a smaller 37 person team, or Speciality Teams, comensurate
with the needs of the situation.
If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for this website, feel free to
Email the webmaster.
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