Texas Task Force 1: Urban Search and Rescue

Bud Force

ISBN 10: 160344288X / ISBN 13: 9781603442886

Published by Texas A&M University Press, 2011

About this Item

Texas Task Force 1: Urban Search & Rescue by Bud Force. Published in 2011 by Texas A&M. First edition especially bound and printed limited edition. Comes in a custom made black slipcase. Only hardback copy that I could find of this book. Looks brand new and unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Texas Task Force 1: Urban Search and Rescue
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160344288X
• ISBN 13: 9781603442886
• Binding: Hardcover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Texana

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Synopsis

Trained for ground, water, and air missions throughout Texas and the nation, Texas Task Force 1 serves as the state’s primary search and rescue team and as one of twenty-eight federal teams in the national urban search and rescue system. Founded in 1997, this elite team has been dispatched for state and national emergencies, probing the devastation at Ground Zero and saving lives on the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Texas Task Force 1’s more than four hundred highly trained members come from sixty organizations throughout Texas and include firefighters, canine handlers, medical specialists and doctors, heavy equipment operators, structural engineers, and others.

Photographer Bud Force gives us an intimate picture of Texas Task Force 1 at work as he follows the team on their major deployments and documents their specialized equipment and training, including time spent at the unique facility known as Disaster City. The result is a lively mix of history, interviews, and photographs that paints a fascinating portrait of these courageous people—and their canine partners—who place themselves in danger in order to save others.

“There’s a feeling in the room when I walk in and I see the faces of the other responders I work with. My stress level drops because I know that whatever happens, we’ll figure it out and do what we need to do to get the job done. I know that because I know the people in that room can do it.”--Susann Brown, Responder

“The principle of helping others is as fundamental to the search and rescue members I know as is breathing.”--Matthew Minson, Responder

About the Author

BUD FORCE is a commercial and editorial photographer specializing in search and rescue, outdoor/adventure sports, travel, lifestyle, and humanitarian aid issues. He works for clients around the globe and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.