Ohio Task Force 1

Urban Search & Rescue

The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System is a framework for organizing federal, state, and local partner emergency response teams as an integrated federal disaster response task forces. The System’s 28 US&R task forces can be deployed by FEMA to a disaster area to provide assistance in structural collapse rescue, or they may be pre-positioned when a major disaster threatens a community.

Ohio Task Force 1 is one of the nation’s 28 US&R teams. Ohio Task Force 1 is based in Dayton Ohio. OH-TF1 proudly serves our state and nation as one of its top Urban Search and Rescue teams. Since 2000, the Barberton Fire Department has had personnel become members of OHTF-1. Our personnel have deployed to multiple disasters:

  • 2001 – World Trade Center
  • 2003 – Hurricane Isabel
  • 2005 – Hurricane Dennis
  • 2005 – Hurricane Katrina
  • 2008 – Hurricane Gustov
  • 2008 – Hurricane Ike
  • 2010 – Haiti Earthquake
  • 2010 – Ohio National Guard Talon Shield Exercise
  • 2011 – National Level Exercise 2011
  • 2011 – Hurricane Irene
  • 2016 – Hurricane Matthew