Canada Task Force 1

Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) Task Force is a team with medical, fire suppression, emergency response, search & rescue and engineering backgrounds.

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

Next generation 😎 love seeing the progress of our pups!
#cantf1 #husar #cantf1_k9

[Sheldon Young @DCSheldonYoung]

A beautiful sunrise in Abbotsford as @CANTF1 is continuing with Rapid Structure Assessments with @canadianforces and @City_Abbotsford

Receding waters are providing better access today

#vfrs #abbotsfordflood #bcstorms #flood
#USAR
@VanFireRescue

📸@timoldfield604

[Abbotsford Police Department @AbbyPoliceDept]

A heartfelt thank you from Chief Serr

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

CAN-TF1 is continuing with Rapid Structure Assessments with @canadianforces and @City_Abbotsford that get uploaded Command for an overall incident picture. Receding waters are providing better access today. #vfrs #abbotsfordflood #bcstorms #flood

[Karen Fry @Karen_Fry]

Decon corridor post Rapid Damage Assessment for our ⁦@CANTF1⁩

Huge Appreciation to ⁦@CanadianForces⁩ assistance with transport and Abbotsford Fire @iaff2864 support with Decon.
#teamwork
#bcfloods
⁦@IAFF18⁩
⁦@VanFireRescue⁩ ⁦@CityofVancouver⁩

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

CAN-TF1 has been assisting in #AbbotsfordBC w/ Incident Command Staff, Structural Assessment Teams, Engineers & Hazmat Specialists. Buildings & infrastructure in the flood zone have to be assessed & results uploaded to build a full picture of damage for @City_Abbotsford

[Karen Fry @Karen_Fry]

We have our own mapping system and can print maps as we move forward to track progress in our recovery process.

Our @CANTF1 Geotech has  connection with NASA and can print real time data from satellite imagery.   
Quite an impressive system.
Lots of talent on this team.

[Karen Fry @Karen_Fry]

CANTF-1 will be back in Abbotsford tomorrow to continue helping with rapid damage assessments and recovery efforts #bcfloods
#sumasprairie
#Abbotsford

We can’t say enough about the amazing responders @City_Abbotsford, the community and those that are displaced
@IAFF18

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

@miawgordon Cold clear nights followed by a dump could be the recipe for depth hoar. Backcountry enthusiasts please be cautious as the season starts. @NSRescue @CoquitlamSAR @WhistlerSar

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

In today’s scenario a concrete culvert rolled into a trench pinning a worker to the ground. The #Rescue technicians had the trench walls shored up, culvert stabilized & lifted off the worker in <40 min. Nice work team! Thanks @timoldfield604 for the 📷 #cantf1 #usar

[Tom Zajac @Coq83]

#USAR operations continue around the clock for @CANTF1 members training in Indiana. @BC_EHS @VanFireRescue @VancouverPD @CityofVancouver

[Tom Zajac @Coq83]

Exercise Unified Response complete. @CANTF1 members returning home after 4 days of excellent #USAR training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana. #ShakenFury

[Tom Zajac @Coq83]

Rescue operations with @CANTF1 underway for a major #USAR exercise at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana. Air taxi service compliments of the Indiana Air National Guard.

[Tom Zajac @Coq83]

Night #usar training operations for @CANTF1 last night. With @BC_EHS @VancouverPD @VanFireRescue @CityofVancouver

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

CAN-TF1 is gearing up for #Vanslam along with the rest of #vancouver. The core team of @VanFireRescue @VancouverPD @bc_ehs @CityofVancouver is being augmented by @CanadianForces @DNVFRS @CityOfNorthVan for today’s exercise.

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

These @vanfirerescue #VFRS Special Operations Technicians also serve as rescue specialists on #CANTF1- their four disciplines (high angle, confined space, structural collapse, trench) make sure we can access anyone trapped by anything, anywhere. #vanspecops

[Darrell Reid @FireChiefReid]

When #Vancouver #Firefighters on our #TechnicalRescueTeam say they are just “hanging around” it may be more exciting than it sounds.

Crane rescue training!

@IAFF18 @VanFireRescue @CANTF1
Pics:J Gormick

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

Melting snow pack and rising rivers is the perfect time to practice #swiftwaterrescue skills. HUGE thanks to @DNVFRS @NVanDistrict for hosting us during their training!
ICYMI they’re swiftwater PROS w/ 100’s of calls per year.

[DNV Fire Rescue Services @DNVFRS]

@DNVFRS members were out training on the Capilano river today with our @CANTF1 partners from @VancouverPD and @CityofVancouver Training to server you better.

[Canada Task Force 1 @CANTF1]

If you’re entering the backcountry, know the risk level and be prepared. Overconfidence and/or underprep can put you AND rescue teams like @NSRescue #whistlersar @CoquitlamSAR @BCSARAssoc in avoidable danger.
“It’s prob fine” ☠️❌
“Nah, let’s reevaluate on Monday” 👌✅

[Johanna Wagstaffe @JWagstaffe]

Special Public Avalanche Warning for BC’s South Coast & Van Island in effect immediately. A weak layer in the snowpack currently buried about 50cm deep will remain fairly easy to trigger, w an added 10-15cm of snow on top tmrw. Resulting avalanches could be deadly. @avalancheca

[Avalanche Canada @avalancheca]

❗️There's a special public avalanche warning in place for BC's interior mountain ranges. A weak layer exists at and below treeline in some interior regions which has the potential to catch people off guard.
Read the full warning for more info 👉https://t.co/3YQD7BvakR