VIRGINIA TASK FORCE 1 COMPLETES OPERATIONS IN ST. CROIX
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230502/virginia-task-force-1-completes-operations-st-croix]


Release Date: 
septembre 25, 2017 
ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands – The Virginia Task Force 1 Urban Search
and Rescue team has completed operations in St. Croix after conducting
a wide range of reconnaissance operations following hurricanes Irma
and Maria. 
[Eight members of Virginia Task Force 1 help load supplies onto a
helicopter.]The team’s activities included search and rescue
operations, land and search evacuations and emergency medical services
in the most impacted areas.

Upon landing on the island, three rescue squads — each with canine
search capability — immediately went to work clearing roads so
survivors could safely leave their homes to seek emergency services
and supplies. Medically trained members of the team provided care to
survivors who required it, including several requiring dialysis.

Virginia Task Force 1 is a highly trained team of emergency managers
and planners, physicians and paramedics. It includes specialists in
structural engineering, heavy rigging, collapse rescue, logistics,
hazardous materials, communications, and canine and technical search.
Photos/Virginia Task Force 1.

[Nine members of the Virginia Task Force 1 line up for a group photo.
The men in the middle are holding up the US flag.A search and rescue
dog sits in front of the group.]

[Two military personnel on the left and two search and recue team
members on the right look at a map of St. Croix on a wall.][Three
members of the Virginia Task Force 1 team, one in the foreground and
two more further down the trail, walk down a road covered with debris
from the trees.]

For images of Virginia Task Force 1, please click the links below:

https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/images/142839

https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/images/142838

https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/images/142835

https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/images/142834

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