Category: Deployment

KEN LEWIS Obituary

Ken Lewis (Kennison Reilly Lewis) died on October 12, 2022, of complications of Covid at Leady Clinic in Burlington, MA.   Ken was 87 years old. Ken attended Beverly High School and graduated from the …

Hurricane Florence Type III Deployment

On Wednesday, 9/19/18, 45 members of our MA-TF1 taskforce returned home from Virginia. The Massachusetts Urban Search and Rescue Team was deployed on Sept. 11 to Virginia to assist with the response to Hurricane Florence. …

Hurricane Irma Deployment

MA-TF1 deployed a Canine and Logistics MRP Team as well as single members Federal assets to assist in rescue efforts during Hurricane Irma, September 2017.

2012 Superstorm Sandy

As Hurricane Sandy turned into Superstorm Sandy, MA-TF1 was activated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to stand at the ready as a state asset. After the storm passed, MA-TF1 was activated as a federal team …

2010 Connecticut Power Plant Explosion

MA-TF1 got a call from CT-TF1 “State Task Force” to respond with a search MRP to Middletown CT for a Building explosion. In 2010 Mission Ready Package’s (MRP’s) were not standardly used.  MA-TF1 responded with …