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Missouri Task Force 1 Receives Orders to Deploy a Type III Task Force to Florida Ahead of Idalia News Image

Missouri Task Force 1 Receives Orders to Deploy a Type III Task Force to Florida Ahead of Idalia

Today, Missouri Task Force 1 received orders to deploy as a Type III Task Force to Pensacola, FL ahead of Tropical Cyclone Idalia. The 45 members are...

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MO-TF1 DSAR Team Participates in the State of Florida’s 2023 Catastrophic UAS Remote Sensing Exercise (Curse 2023) News Image

MO-TF1 DSAR Team Participates in the State of Florida’s 2023 Catastrophic UAS Remote Sensing Exercise (Curse 2023)

The Missouri Task Force 1, Disaster Situational Assessment and Reconnaissance (MO-DSAR) Team is participating in the State of Florida’s 2023 Catastrophic UAS Remote Sensing Exercise (CURSE 2023)....

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Missouri Task Force 1 is Headed Home

MO-TF1 has been demobilized from Fort Myers, FL and is currently on the road heading home. The Type III team completed their search and delayering of the...

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Missouri Task Force 1 Continues Tough Work in Fort Myers Beach, Florida

MO-TF1 has returned to Fort Myers Beach, FL this morning to continue the difficult work of wide area search and structural assessment. This community sustained massive destruction...

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Missouri Task Force 1 Assigned to Fort Myers Beach

Missouri Task Force 1 is currently performing primary searches on Fort Myers Beach, Florida. The team was assigned to Fort Myers, Florida on Monday and have since...

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Missouri Task Force 1 Activated to deploy to Florida

Missouri Task Force 1, a division of the Boone County Fire Protection District, has been activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for deployment to Florida. The...

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MO-TF1 Specialty Team Deploys to Florida for Hurricane Ian News Image

MO-TF1 Specialty Team Deploys to Florida for Hurricane Ian

A specialty team within Missouri Task Force 1, a division of the Boone County Fire Protection District, has been deployed to Hurricane Ian. The Disaster Situational Awareness...

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MO-TF1 Deploys to Kentucky Floods 7-31-2022 News Image

MO-TF1 Deploys to Kentucky Floods 7-31-2022

Missouri Task Force 1, a division of the Boone County Fire Protection District, has been activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for deployment to eastern Kentucky....

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Missouri Task Force 1 Deployed as a Type III Team to Tornado Damage in Kentucky News Image

Missouri Task Force 1 Deployed as a Type III Team to Tornado Damage in Kentucky

Missouri Task Force 1has been activated for deployment to Kentucky in response to the devastating tornados that struck the state on the evening of December 10, 2021....

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Hurricane Michael

MO-TF1 has been activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to deploy as a 16-person Mission Ready Package – Water (Type 1 Swiftwater Rescue Team) to...

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ABC 17 MO-TF1 Rescues 109 People in North Carolina

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MO-TF1 Responds to Hurricane Lane News Image

MO-TF1 Responds to Hurricane Lane

On Wednesday, August 22, three members of Missouri Task Force 1 were activated to deploy to the Hawaiian Islands in preparation for Hurricane Lane’s landfall. They join...

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MO HSART

HSART Activation – February 24, 2018 The Missouri Helicopter Search and Rescue Team inclusive of three members was activated on February 24, 2018 for potential needs of...

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Tornado Threats – IST

Tornado Threats – IST – May 27, 2017 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed 3 members to staff the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) during the heightened tornado...

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West Plains – IST

West Plains – IST – April 28 – May 7, 2017 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed 12 members to staff the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) during...

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West Plains Type IV

West Plains – Type IV – April 28 – May 7, 2017 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed 25 members to the West Plains, Missouri area to aide...

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Hurricane Maria IST

Hurricane Margo – September 17 – September 29, 2017  Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed two IST members to  San Juan, Puerto Rico in response to severe flooding...

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Hurricane Irma – Mission Ready Package

Hurricane Irma – September 3 – September 17, 2017  Missouri Task Force 1 deployed a five member Mission Ready Package inclusive of a Search Team Manager, Rescue...

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Hurricane Irma – IST

Hurricane Irma – September 3 – September 17, 2017  Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed seven IST members to  multiple areas including Herndon, VA, Samta Catalina, Puerto...

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Hurricane Harvey Blue IST I, II and Expansion News Image

Hurricane Harvey Blue IST I, II and Expansion

Hurricane Harvey – August 24 – September 5, 2017  Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed five IST Members to San Antonio, Texas in response to severe flooding and...

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Hurricane Matthew – Blue IST I & II News Image

Hurricane Matthew – Blue IST I & II

Hurricane Matthew – October 6, 2016 – October 15, 2016 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed two IST members to Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Georgia in...

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Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey – August 24, 2017 – September 4, 2017 Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed as a Type III (35 member and 10 ground support) to...

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Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew – October 6, 2016 – October 15, 2016 Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed as a Type III (35 member and 10 ground support) to...

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Louisiana Floods

LA Floods – August 17 – 22, 2016 One member of Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed on August 17, 2016 to Denham Spring, LA in response...

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American Samoa

American Samoa – April 21 – 27, 2016 One member of Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Pago Pago, American Samoas for advancement placement in response...

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Hurricane Joaquin

Hurricane Joaquin – October 4 – 12, 2015 One member of Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to West Columbia, South Carolina to aid in the response...

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Arkansas Tornado

Arkansas Tornado – April 28 – 30, 2014 One member of Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Jacksonville, AR to aid in the response efforts due...

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Washington Floods – Blue Team

Washington Floods – Blue Team – April 3 – 16, 2014 One member of Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Darrington, WA to aid with the...

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Washington Floods – White Team

WA Floods – White Team – March 24 – April 1, 2014 One member of Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Bothel, WA to aid with...

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Colorado Floods

Colorado Floods – September 15 – 22, 2013 Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed as a Type I (80 members) to Fort Collins, CO in response to...

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Oklahoma Tornado – Moore News Image

Oklahoma Tornado – Moore

Oklahoma Tornado – May 20 – 24, 2013 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed one Incident Support Team Member and an alert group of 16 members to Moore,...

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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy – October 29 – November 5, 2012 Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed as a Type I (80 person) Task Force, to New York to...

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Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Isaac – August 28 – September 1, 2012 Two members of Missouri Task Force 1 were deployed to Louisiana for a five day deployment.  Hurricane Isaac...

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Hurricane Dean

Hurricane Dean – August 20 – 23, 2007 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed with 38 Members for a four day deployment.

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Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike – September 11 – 18, 2008 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed to Texas with 30 members and 2 IST members.  The deployment was a six...

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Republican National Convention (RNC)

RNC – August 31 – September 5, 2008 Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed as a Type I (80 pereson) Task Force to Minnesota for staging efforts...

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Hurricane Dolly

Hurricane Dolly – July 21 – 26, 2008 Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed as a 39 member team to the Hurricane Dolly efforts.   This was...

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Mississippi Flooding – Clarksville, MO

Clarksville, MO  June 20 – 24, 2008 – State IST Deployment Missouri Task Force 1 deployed one Incident Support Team member to the Mississippi River flooding event....

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Flash Flooding – Piedmont, MO

Piedmont, MO – March 18, 2008 – State IST Missouri Task Force 1 deployed Incident Support Team members to Piedmont to help in the flooding event.  ...

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Ice Storm – Southeast, MO

Ice Storm – 2008   Missouri Task Force 1 deployed three members to Southeast, Missouri to aid with the Ice Storm event.   This was a three...

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Hurricane Dean

Hurricane Dean – August 20 – 23, 2007 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed 38 members to the Hurricane Dean event.  This was a four day event.

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Greene County Ice Storm

Ice Storm Greene County – January 14 – 18, 2007   Missouri Task Force 1 deployed five Incident Support Team members to Greene County for a five...

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Hurricane Ernesto

Hurricane Ernesto – August 29 – September 1, 2006 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed a Type 1 (80 person) Task Force to the Hurricane Ernesto event.  This...

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Hurricane Wilma

Hurricane Wilma – October 19 – 29, 2005 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed one member to the Hurricane Wilma event.

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Hurricane Katrina – II

Hurricane Katrina – II – September 12 – 27, 2005   Missouri Task Force 1 deployed a Type I (80 person) Task Force to the Hurricane Katrina...

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Hurricane Katrina – I

Hurricane Katrina – I – August 26 – September 7, 2005   Missouri Task Force 1 deployed a Type 3 (40 person) Task Force to the Hurricane...

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Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Dennis – July 8 – 12, 2005   Missouri Task Force 1 deployed a Type 3 (35 person) Task Force to the Hurricane Dennis event.  This was...

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Level Orange Alert

Level Orange Alert – December 21 – January 2, 2004   This was an alert only event, no members were deployed.

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Hurricane Isabel

Hurricane Isabel – September 16 – 21, 2003 Missouri Task Force 1 deployed a Type 3 (39 person) Task Force to the Hurricane Isabel event.  This was...

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Texas Shuttle Deployment

Texas Shuttle – March 13 – April 4, 2003   Missouri Task Force 1 deployed three members to the Shuttle crash in Texas.

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World Trade Center (9-11) Deployment

World Trade Center Deployment – September 11, 2001   Missouri Task Force 1 deployed a Type 1 (63 person) Task Force to the World Trade Centers.  This was Missouri Task...

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