The 10-person disaster coordination and structural engineering assessment team was deployed in support of the U.S. Department of State’s response to the disaster.
A specialized team of U.S. rescuers arrived in Colombia to join urban search and rescue efforts in the areas affected by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country last Monday and has left at least 265 people dead, according to official figures. The specialists belong to Virginia Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (VA-TF1), a unit comprised of experts in rescue, structural engineering, emergency medicine, and disaster response operat…