The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in cooperation with other federal, state, and local agencies, created The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System to provide a national heavy rescue capability that provides lifesaving resources to victims of structural collapse. It was particularly designed to rescue victims entrapped in collapsed structures of heavy reinforced concrete construction. When this system was developed in 1990, there was limited capability in only a few states to perform this mission, and no resources available for a national response.

NEW -- ON-LINE COURSES POSTED 27 August 2008 -- NEW
Links to On-line Training Courses and On-Line Tests

April NM-TF1 News Letter

National Training Application Form

IMPORTANT info from our Program Director

Warehouse has new phone numbers

2008 NM-TF1 Training Calendar (updated 21 April 2008)

Emergency Response to Terrorism is now available on line

2008 NM-TF1 Monthly Managers Meeting

LINK to NM-TF1 Web E-mail Log-in

US&R TASK FORCE POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (25 March 2008)