SEATTLE - Washington Task Force-1 (WA-TF1), a National FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team, has been activated to assist with search and rescue operations in Texas following severe flooding across ...

A team of elite search and rescue personnel from Pierce County, known as Washington Task Force One, has arrived in Texas to assist with catastrophic flooding that has overwhelmed communities ...

The task force began distributing free overdose rescue kits to more public places, including businesses and community organizations, said Megan Graziano, a spokesperson for the health department.

Florida Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 8, a collaboration of the three local agencies, deployed a six-person team of swift-water rescue experts early on July 7, joining forces with members of ...

Nebraska Task Force One's 165-member urban search and rescue team has been deployed to 35 major federal disasters since it started in 1993. Missions include the World Trade Center attack in 2001 ...