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Tennessee Task Force 1 extending mission in flood-ravaged TexasTTF1 is a highly trained team of first responders from West Tennessee, led by the Memphis Fire Department and deployed by FEMA.

TN first responders deployed to Texas after catastrophic floodsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Search efforts continue in Texas’s hill country following the devastating flooding that hit the state earlier this month. At least 130 were killed, including dozens of …

Tennessee Task Force holds 1st disaster response exercise in Memphis since 2007It comes on the heels of the 4.1 magnitude earthquake outside Knoxville on Saturday.

Tennessee Task Force One assisting in McNairy County

Long days, hard work—Tennessee Task Force One deployed to North Carolina, searches for Helene survivorsLong days. Grueling work. Unimaginable scenes of destruction. Action News 5 checked in with Tennessee Task Force 1, emergency responders from West Tennessee who are helping look for survivors of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

Tennessee Task Force One returns home after ‘intense’ search and rescue operations in North Carolina

Tennessee Task Force 1 heads to Gulf Coast as area prepares for Hurricane FrancineThe storm is expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana.

Tennessee Task Force 1 ready to assist in recovery efforts after Hurricane IdaliaThe emergency personnel, consisting of doctors, firefighters, engineers and others, will travel first to Atlanta and wait for the hurricane to strike land.

WATCH: TN Task Force One readies search and rescue mission with looming Florida hurricaneWATCH: TN Task Force One readies search and rescue mission with looming Florida hurricane

Tennessee Task Force One returns home after Hurricane Michael rescue effortsTennessee Task Force One is back home after helping with hurricane relief in Mexico City, Florida.

Remembering 9/11: "I can still see the devastation," says Mid-South first responder who went to the PentagonA Shelby County K9 team member on Tennessee Task Force One remembers the search and rescue mission at the Pentagon 20 years ago.

First In: Report from Tennessee Task Force OneContrary to all the media reports that it took the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) five or six days to reach New Orleans after the devastating Hurricane Katrina, Tennessee Task Force One (TN-TF 1), the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team sponsored by the 1,800-member Memphis Fire Department, was in the waters of New Orleans conducting rescues within hours of the levees breaking.

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