WHIO

Ohio Task Force 1 leader describes when they got demobilized

In less than 12 hours, Ohio Task Force 1 (OH-TF1) packed up and headed to the Carolinas, anticipating damage from a severe storm. But it was demobilized and returned home. As reported on News Center 7 ...
KY3

Missouri Task Force 1 leaders reflect on Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Many are reflecting on Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi 20 years ago. Katrina intensified to a Category 5 storm before weakening to a Category 3 when ...
WLWT

Ohio Task Force 1 leader reflects back on Hurricane Katrina 20 years later

Jeffrey Newman is a captain at Sycamore Township Fire Department and has been with Ohio Task Force 1 since the early 2000s. He was sent to south Mississippi hours after Katrina devastated the ...
WHIO

Ohio Task Force 1 demobilized as weather models change

A spokesperson with the task force said they will be returning home, despite leave for the Carolinas on Sunday morning. As previously reported by News Center 7, the task force was initially deployed ...
WESA

State funding will expand Pittsburgh rescue task force, add search dogs

Pennsylvania Urban Search and Rescue Strike Task Force 1 Leader Brian Kokkila discusses the process of obtaining a higher accreditation at the Fire Bureau Headquarters. Dogs that can sniff out people ...