PA Task Force One

PA-TF1 is federally activated as a Type 3 Task Force to support the Tropical Storm Debby response.

Josh Shapiro
PA Emergency Management Agency
National US&R Response System

as we undertake our remaining challenge, thank you to VA-TF1/USA-1 for allowing us to participate in the 2024 FSE.



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PA-TF1 is participating in a Full Scale Exercise this week. Members attended a pre-exercise briefing this morning with our USAID - US Agency for International Development and domestic Search & Rescue partners/participants.

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Fire Department
PA Emergency Management Agency
National US&R Response System
Virginia Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue
Maryland Task Force 1

Congratulations and happy retirement to long time PA-TF1 member, Chop Humphrey.

Chop was primarily rostered as a Heavy Equipment & Rigging Specialist, for nearly 30 years. His core duties in this position include interfacing with heavy machinery operators, assessing disaster sites related to heavy equipment, and preparing sites for heavy equipment to work with US&R. In this position, Chop also had to maintain all General Requirements such as HazMat Operations, Respiratory Protection, etc.

Chop deployed to numerous incidents, such as Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Florence and many more.