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September 11, 2001
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SPECIAL NOTICE SUBJECT: UPDATE ON MEMBERS DEPLOYED TO NEW YORK CITY LAST WEEK, THE LAFD FEMA USAR CA-TF1, A LAFD CISM TEAM AND FEMA IST MEMBERS WERE DEPLOYED TO NEW YORK CITY. THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS UNIT HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH THE MEMBERS' FAMILIES AND HAVE PROVIDED THEM AN EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE. MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST ANY FAMILIES IN YOUR AREA BY CALLING THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS UNIT DURING OFFICE HOURS (0700 TO 1730 HOURS) AT (818) 756-9674. HOWEVER, MEMBERS ARE DISCOURAGED FORM CALLING THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS UNIT AT THIS TIME TO OBTAIN A PERSONAL UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THESE TEAMS. ATTACHED, IS A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE USAR, CISM AND IST TEAMS' DEPLOYMENT HISTORY AND A LIST OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE DEPLOYED. BRIEF OVERVIEW: LAFD RESOURCES DISPATCHED TO NEW YORK CITY SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 1300 HOURS USAR CA-TF1 AND IST, CONSISTING OF 70 MEMBERS, WAS DISPATCHED TO MARCH AIR FORCE BASE FOR DEPLOYMENT TO NEW YORK CITY. A HOME SUPPORT TEAM UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN JACALONE WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE LIAISON WITH THE DEPLOYED USAR TEAM AND UPDATE THE USAR TEAM'S FAMILY MEMBERS. IST MEMBERS WERE DEPLOYED SEPARATELY TO NEW YORK CITY AND PLACED ON AN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM. 2130 HOURS USAR CA-TF1, DEPARTED FROM MARCH AIR FORCE BASE TO MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE IN NEW JERSEY. NOTE: FOUR
TEAM MEMBERS WERE UNABLE TO DEPLOY DUE TO THE WEIGHT UPON ARRIVAL, CA-TF1 WAS SHUTTLED TO FORT DIX AND AWAITED DEPLOYMENT ORDERS. |
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 0400 HOURS 0700 HOURS MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED, FED AND COMMENCED RESCUE OPERATIONS. SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS. RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS: * CA-TF1 WAS
DIVIDED INTO TWO TEAMS UNDER THE COMMAND OF DEPUTY * OPERATIONAL PERIODS ARE 12-HOUR INCREMENTS. * TEAMS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH NUMEROUS BODY EXTRICATIONS. * REPORTEDLY, THE TEAM IS FATIGUED, BUT MAINTAINING HIGH SPIRITS. * CA-TF1 IS PROJECTED TO BE DEMOBILIZED ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. * PROJECTED RETURN DATE IS SEPTEMBER 21ST AND ARRIVAL TIME TBA. SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 1400 HOURS LAFD CISM TEAM, CONSISTING OF 25 MEMBERS, ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE LAX TO NEW YORK - ABORTED WHEN LAX SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN WAKE OF ARRESTS MADE IN NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 1300 HOURS FIRST WAVE OF CISM TEAM, CONSISTING OF SEVEN MEMBERS, DEPLOYED TO NEW YORK FROM LAX. SEPTEMBER 15, 2001 0630 HOURS SECOND WAVE OF CISM TEAM, CONSISTING OF 15 MEMBERS, DEPLOYED TO
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NEW YORK CITY FROM LAX (TOTAL OF 22 MEMBERS). CISM TEAMS WERE DEPLOYED AND ARE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE LAFD USAR TEAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CISM TEAM'S RETURN IS TBA. MEMBERS DEPLOYED FOR USAR CA-TF1: URBAN SEARCH AND
RESCUE TEAM
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STATION COMMANDERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO HIRE FOR THE USAR TEAM MEMBERS' VACANCIES, UP TO AND INCLUDING, SEPTEMBER 23, 2001, AND THE CISM TEAM MEMBERS, UP TO AND INCLUDING, SEPTEMBER 30, 2001. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST AND SUPPORT. AN UPDATE OF THE THEIR EXACT RETURN DATE(S) WILL BE FORWARDED WHEN THAT INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
ADMINISTRATION BELL BELL BELL BELL
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