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Miami Fire-Rescue Department

Miami Fire-Rescue Department

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Not to be confused with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.

The Miami Fire-Rescue Department, also referred to as the City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Miami, Florida. The department is notable for being the first in the nation to equip all apparatus with two-way radios, as well as being the first to use fog nozzles.[3]

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USAR Task Force 2

Main article: Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 2

The Miami Fire-Rescue Department is the sponsoring agency for USAR Task Force 2, one of the two FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of Florida.[4] The task force is a 210-member organization deploying teams of seventy rescue workers, search dogs, physicians and structural engineers who travel with 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of equipment to assist in major disasters.[5] Some of their notable deployments include Hurricane Opal (1995), September 11 attacks at the WTC (2001), Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[6]

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References

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    "Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2013-14" (PDF). City of Miami. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    "Statistics" (PDF). Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    "A few firsts". Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    "Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    "About Us". FL-TF2. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    "Deployment History". FL-TF2. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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