A recent 3-day training course is helping members of Ohio Task Force 1 become specialists in heavy equipment rigging (HERS), which is vital in disaster situations. Only 20-40 students are accepted in ...

Members of Oklahoma Task Force One are sharpening their skills this week alongside U.S. Special Operations forces during joint training exercises at Camp Gruber. The Tulsa Fire Department’s Helicopter ...

Crews from Tulsa and Oklahoma City are helping rescue flood victims in Texas, including children. Here’s how they’re coordinating and coping. For the first time since their arrival, we’re hearing from ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)– St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson will never forget May 16, 2025. It was a Friday around 3:15 p.m., meaning major roads in the city were already packed with traffic as rush ...

Oklahoma Task Force 1’s first search and rescue team returned home. The team spent more than two weeks helping Texas recover from catastrophic flooding. Battalion chief with the Oklahoma City Fire ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - Members of Wisconsin’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, known as Wisconsin Task Force 1 (WI-TF1), are currently on their way to Texas to assist with search efforts following ...

For the first time since their arrival, we’re hearing from members of Oklahoma Task Force 1 as they continue intense rescue operations in flood-stricken areas of Texas. The team, made up of emergency ...