Canada Task Force 2
@CANTF2
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Alberta’s Provincial Disaster Response Team∙ Hazard Response + Incident Mgmt + 1/6 #HUSAR teams in Canada 🇨🇦 ∙ Request for deployment: 1-866-618-2362 (24 hrs)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Joined July 2009
Urban Search and Rescue (#USAR) is one of the core capabilities of the Canada Task Force program. We frequently hold exercises as a way to bring together the multiple disciplines that make up this capability. Check out some scenes from our October exercise
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RT @TourCNTower: Tonight the #CNTower will dim for 5 minutes at the top of each hour in honour of the fallen Alberta Wildfire firefighter w….
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Our team sends our condolences to the family, friends, and Alberta Wildfire community affected by this tragic loss.
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RT @sbrucecanada: The team @CANTF2 and friends from Alberta muni’s were working hard on their scenarios yesterday at the All Hazards IMT IO….
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Today we pause for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We recognize that reconciliation starts with listening and learning. #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation
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Canada Task Force 2 was honoured to participate in the Wheatland Regional Emergency Management Partnership exercise today in @CityChestermere, @Strathmore_Town , and @Wheatlandcounty. The team worked alongside amazing responders from around the region in this full-scale exercise
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RT @rmoutlook: “Since Fort McMurray, it’s just been getting busier and busier, with wildfire in particular, but certainly we have deployed….
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“Since Fort McMurray, it’s just been getting busier and busier, with wildfire in particular, but certainly we have deployed to floods and things like that as well.”
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We’re thankful for the incredible support from the @City_of_Airdrie and all of our employers across the province who support their employees being part of the team which makes these deployments possible.
Residents are returning to their homes - something Chief Pirie said is another rewarding part of the work he and his team were tasked to do. #localnews #wildfires #airdrie .@AirdrieFire4778 @CANTF2 @OurYellowknife .
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We’re honoured to be in Yellowknife today as evacuees start to return home. We have been proud to work alongside amazing individuals from @OurYellowknife @GNWT_ECC @gnwt #YKDFN among many others over the last three weeks supporting this emergency response. Welcome Home.
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Great work by our colleagues at Canada Task Force 1 (@CANTF1) as they join the hundreds of local and regional responders in assisting with the devastating fires in Kelowna.
Heavy urban search and rescue team will provide an inventory of homes destroyed or damaged by Kelowna fires
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DEPLOYMENT NOTICE. Canada Task Force 2 has deployed a second 8 member Incident Management Team to support the ongoing operations in the Northwest Territories and the City of Yellowknife.
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DEPLOYMENT NOTICE.Canada Task Force 2 has deployed a 10 member Incident Management Team to help support the City of Yellowknife as they deal with a significant wildfire threat to their community.
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Today is Neighbour Day in Calgary as we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2013 Southern Alberta Floods. CANTF2 has a display set up at the Genesis Centre in N.E. Calgary until 3pm today.
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Canada Task Force 2 remains engaged in wildfire response across Alberta supporting with Incident Management Teams or resources in multiple communities including Fort Chipewyan and Yellowhead County.
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This week Canada Task Force 2 deployed an Incident Management Team to the Province of Nova Scotia to support the ongoing response to significant wildfires. The team assisted with reentry planning for the Municipality of Shelburne and the Municipality of Barrington in Southwest NS
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Canada Task Force 2 has been engaged around the province of Alberta supporting the ongoing response to this significant wildfire event. Incident Management Team members have been supporting local communities and working alongside first responders from around North America.
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RT @ParklandCounty: There is a wildfire near the hamlet of Entwistle. If you are west of Range Road 65, north of Township Road 530 to Towns….
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**EXERCISE** This week we are running a three day exercise around a simulated earthquake in a small community. CANTF2 was requested as a Medium USAR team and we have 43 members engaged in the scenario. #USAR #DisasterResponse #CANTF2
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