The FEMA National Urban Search and Rescue Response System (System) was established in 1989 and has evolved into a robust national disaster response program with twenty-eight Task Forces participating from nineteen states.  The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is the Sponsoring Agency for one of the twenty-eight Task Forces but could not support California Task Force 3 without the full support of our Participating Agencies. 

While all of our agencies are important, the secret to the success of California Task Force 3 is it’s people.  While all of the members of our Task Force drive innovation, provide essential support, transform resources into valuable services, enrich lives through relationships, creativity, and collective progress, there are a select few that far exceed our team’s baseline.