Uncategorized & rescue Backdraft on 18 Aug 2007 10:40 am
Three VA-TF1 Members Deploy to Peru Earthquake Disaster
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will send members from Fairfax County’s Virginia Task Force 1 (VA-TF1) today to assist in the humanitarian efforts following the earthquake in Peru. Three members from VA-TF1 will fly to Lima, Peru to be part of a support module of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team. VA-TF1 members are firefighters and first responders from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and are specially trained in communications, liaison, and logistics. Members will deploy with life support equipment (tents, generators), IT equipment, and food and water to support 15 people for up to 21 days. The Department and USAID have a long-term partnership
in the provision of specialized humanitarian relief which includes deployments of this type as well as urban search and rescue.
