(NoVA)- Members of Virginia Task Force 1, Fairfax County’s international urban-search-and-rescue team, have been deployed to Turkey in the aftermath of Monday’s earthquake. In partnership with FEMA, the team will deploy a 69-person heavy search and rescue task force from Fairfax and six search canines. Va. Task Force 1 is a self-contained team consisting of technical search-and-rescue specialists, structural engineers, physicians, paramedics, search canines, and communications and planning specialists from Northern Virginia.
