Toronto (CAN-TF3) Heavy Urban Search and Rescue


HUSAR is the Toronto Heavy Urban Search and Rescue unit CAN-TF3 - an urban search and rescue unit able to respond to disaster situations at a city, provincial and national level, as well as offer international assistance.
CAN-TF3 is operated by Toronto Fire Services, in collaboration with Toronto Police Service and Toronto EMS created to deal with search and rescue operations in the City of Toronto. This specialized unit was created following the September 11 attacks in New York City, United States and allows the city to deal with large-scale disasters. The unit can respond to situations outside of the city, and offer provincial, national, as well as international assistance.
The cities of Vancouver, Calgary, and the province of Manitoba, also currently have, or are developing, similar interoperable Heavy USAR capacity.
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Roles and responsibilities

Equipment

Make/ModelTypePurposeOrigin
Ford F250vanOSU-1 Search & Communicationsex-Toronto Paramedic Services 927 Type 2 ambulance
Ford F600/Dependable Emergency EquipmenttruckOSU-2 Incident Support Unitex-East York Fire Department Rescue # 2
Ford Louisville 9000tractor and trailerOSU-3 Base of Operationsex-commercial trailer
1990s Volvo VHDroll on-off truckOSU-4 ex-City of Toronto Works Department truck
Ford 3500 seriesbusOSU-5 Search Dog Unitex-school bus
Western Star CNVtractor and trailerOSU-6 Rescue Unitex-pop deliver truck
Princeton Piggyback/BIC HydraulicsAll Terrain ForkliftSupport Units
Argo ResponseATVall terrain transport
John Deere Gator TH 6X4ATVfield transport
MCI 102 Highway Coachbuspersonnel transportex-GO Transit bus

Deployments

A list of major deployments of CAN-TF3:

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