California Task Force 2 Demobilized by USAID

Members of California Task Force 2 (CA-TF2), Los Angeles County (CA) Fire Department’s (LACoFD) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, have been demobilized.

The Task Force was mobilized on March 1 for possible deployment to Chile following the country’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake, and received word late yesterday from the United States Agency for International Development, U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID-OFDA) that it could stand down. For more information, contact LACoFD Public Information at (323) 881-2411.

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Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

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Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.