HUSAR is the Toronto Heavy Urban Search and Rescue unit CAN-TF3 - an

urban search and rescue Urban search and rescue (abbreviated as USAR or US&R) is a type of technical rescue operation that involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in an urban area, namely structural collapse due to natu ...

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 Toronto Fire Services (TFS) provides fire protection, technical rescue services, hazardous materials response, and first responder emergency medical assistance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto Fire Services is currently the largest municipal f ...

, in collaboration with

Toronto Police Service The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is a municipal police force in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first local police ser ...

and

Toronto EMS The City of Toronto Paramedic Services (TPS; formerly known as Toronto Emergency Medical Services), is the statutory emergency medical services provider in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The service is operated as a division of the City of Toronto, und ...

created to deal with search and rescue operations in the City of

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. This specialized unit was created following the

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, 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.

Roles and responsibilities

* Search and Rescue * Emergency Medical Services * Planning & Technical Information * Logistics * Command

Equipment

Deployments

A list of major deployments of CAN-TF3: * December 2020 -

London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...

building collapse * June 2016 - Mississauga natural gas explosion * June 2012 - Collapse of the Algo Centre Mall roof/parking structure in

Elliot Lake, Ontario Elliot Lake is a city in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Lake Huron, midway between the cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie in the Northern Ontario region. Once dubbed the "uranium capital of the world," Elliot Lake has since ...

* August 2011 - Goderich Tornado * April 2003 -

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natural gas explosion in

References

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Roles and responsibilities

Equipment

Deployments

See also

Other similar units

References