Toronto (CAN-TF3) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2001 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Toronto |
| Headquarters | Toronto |
| Employees | 130 |
| Annual budget | CAD $400,000 (2004) |
| Agency executive |
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| Child agency |
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| Website | HUSAR |
HUSAR is the Toronto Heavy Urban Search and Rescue unit CAN-TF3 - a USAR unit able to response to disaster situations at a city, provincial and national level as well as offer international assistance.
CAN-TF3 is a joint unit of Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police Service and Toronto EMS created to deal with search and rescue operations in the City of Toronto.[1] The 65 member unit was created following the events of September 11, 2001 and allows the city to deal with large scale disasters. The unit can respond to situations outside of the city, and offer provincial, national, as well as international assistance.
The cities of Vancouver,[2] Calgary,[3] and the province of Manitoba, also currently have, or are developing, similar interoperable Heavy USAR capacity.[4]
Contents
Roles and responsibilities
- Search and Rescue
- Emergency Medical Services
- Planning & Technical Information
- Logistics
- Command
Equipment
| Make/Model | Type | Purpose | Origin |
Ford F250  United States |
van | OSU-1 Search & Communications | ex-Toronto EMS 927 Type 2 ambulance |
| Ford F600/Dependable Emergency Equipment ((USA)) | truck | OSU-2 Incident Support Unit | ex-East York Fire Department Rescue # 2 |
| Ford Louisville 9000 United States |
tractor and trailer | OSU-3 Base of Operations | ex-commercial trailer |
| 1990s Volvo VHD | roll on-off truck | OSU-4 (Shoring Unit) | ex-City of Toronto Works Department truck |
| Ford 3500 series United States |
bus | OSU-5 Search Dog Unit | ex-school bus |
| Western Star CNV United States |
tractor and trailer | OSU-6 Rescue Unit | ex-pop deliver truck |
| Princeton Piggyback/BIC Hydraulics | All Terrain Forklift | Support Units | |
| Argo Response United States |
ATV | all terrain transport | |
| John Deere Gator TH 6X4 United States |
ATV | field transport | |
MCI 102 Highway Coach  Canada |
bus | personnel transport | ex-GO Transit bus |
Deployments
A list of major deployments of CAN-TF3:
- June 2012 - Collapse of the Algo Centre Mall roof/parking structure in Elliot Lake, Ontario
- August 2011 - Goderich Tornado
- April 2003 - Bloor Street West natural gas explosion in Toronto[5]
See also
- Toronto Fire Services
- Toronto EMS
- Toronto Police Service
- Toronto Office of Emergency Management
- Disaster Assistance Response Team and Canadian Forces Search and Rescue
- Urban Search and Rescue New York Task Force 1
Other similar units
- Vancouver (CAN-TF1) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue[1]
- Calgary (CAN-TF2) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue[2]
- Manitoba (CAN-TF4) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue[3]
- Halifax (CAN-TF5) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue
References
- ↑ HUSAR
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- ↑ "Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR)", Public Safety Canada
- ↑ http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/175703--enbridge-fined-in-fatal-2003-explosion
