Kankakee IL tornado response

[grumpy grizzly]

MABAS 19 Technical Rescue Task Force and 4 Divisional Task forces have been requested in the aftermath of a tornado in Kankakee IL. A task force usually consists of 5 engines and a chief. Widespread damage.

 

[entropychaser]

MABAS 19 Technical Rescue Task Force and 4 Divisional Task forces have been requested in the aftermath of a tornado in Kankakee IL. A task force usually consists of 5 engines and a chief. Widespread damage.

Does Illinois have a FEMA USAR team? Does the state have an Office of Emergency Management to coordinate resources or is it all done via the MABAS structure?

 

[grumpy grizzly]

Does Illinois have a FEMA USAR team? Does the state have an Office of Emergency Management to coordinate resources or is it all done via the MABAS structure?

Not 100% sure but I think it is local,, Normal stores the one for this county.

 

[nfdcanman]

Does Illinois have a FEMA USAR team? Does the state have an Office of Emergency Management to coordinate resources or is it all done via the MABAS structure?

SUSAR team.....not FEMA

 

[Lebby]

FEMA wise the nearest team would be Indiana Task Force - 1 from the Indianapolis Fire Department.

 

[entropychaser]

SUSAR team.....not FEMA

That's what I thought.

Texas Task Force One- FEMA USAR cache in College Station

Texas Task Force Two- State USAR cache in Dallas

You can only imagine the egos and politics involved in all that.