Urban Search and Rescue Response System : a component of the Federal Response Plan under Emergency Support Function 9.

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TextPublication details: [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency, 1991Description: iii, 3 pDDC classification:

363.3480973 21

Subject: The FEMA has undertaken the development of a national Urban Search and Rescue Response System. This system is being formulated as an integral component of the United States Government's Federal response Plan under Emergency Support Function 9 - Urban Search and Rescue. The USAR Response System is a framework for structuring existing emergency response personnel from the local level into integrated task forces. These task forces with the necesssary tools, equipment, skills and techniques would be deployed by FEMA and the Dept of Defense for the rescue of victims and mitigation of hazards at large scale disasters on a national level

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Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.3480973 URB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900052151

Extract from complete report, containing intorduction and Task Force Organizational Chart

The FEMA has undertaken the development of a national Urban Search and Rescue Response System. This system is being formulated as an integral component of the United States Government's Federal response Plan under Emergency Support Function 9 - Urban Search and Rescue. The USAR Response System is a framework for structuring existing emergency response personnel from the local level into integrated task forces. These task forces with the necesssary tools, equipment, skills and techniques would be deployed by FEMA and the Dept of Defense for the rescue of victims and mitigation of hazards at large scale disasters on a national level

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