Tìm kiếm đô thị và đội cứu hộ và Thánh Lễ một sự cố tai nạn ở Washington TÌM KIẾM Puget Sound đô thị, đội cứu hộ Quốc gia Hoa Kỳ tìm kiếm và cứu hộ đô thị đáp ứng hệ thống (USAR) đã được phát triển bởi Cơ quan Quản lý Khẩn cấp Liên bang (FEMA) như một phương tiện cung cấp các nhân viên phản ứng hiện tại từ cấp địa phương để hội nhập vào nhiệm vụ trả lời điện thoại di động lực lượng đào tạo, trang bị, và có sẵn để truy cập và kiểm soát tình. | 9 Urban Search and Rescue Teams and a Mass Casualty Incident in Washington THE PUGET SOUND URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM The . National Urban Search and Rescue Response System USAR was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA as a means of providing existing response personnel from the local level for integration into mobile response task forces trained equipped and available to counter and control a national emergency. Such task forces would be dispatched only when a natural or technological emergency overwhelms state and local response capabilities the state government requests federal assistance and the president formally declares that a disaster has occurred as required by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act . 93-288 as amended by . 100-707 . USAR task forces can provide the following capabilities physical search and rescue operations in damaged or collapsed structures emergency medical care to disaster response personnel emergency medical care to injured persons reconnaissance to assess damage and needs and provide feedback to local state and federal officials assessment and shut-off of utilities to houses and buildings hazardous materials surveys and evaluations structural and hazard evaluations of government and municipal buildings needed for immediate occupancy to support disaster relief operations and stabilizing damaged structures including shoring and cribbing operations. A USAR task force is meant to support and enhance local government efforts and local government should have ruling authority. A task force must respond from their location within six hours of notification and while at the incident site must be able to maintain operations without support for 72 hours. There are 27 USAR task forces throughout the country which are composed of local emergency personnel trained and equipped to handle structural collapse. A US AR task force has 62 specialists and is divided into four major functional elements .
