Colorado Task Force 1 is one of 28 FEMA USAR (urban search and rescue) teams across the U.S.
Lakewood, CO
Joined July 2026
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The team surveyed areas from the state line to the La Jara/Sanford area along the Rio de los Pinos, San Antonio and Conejos rivers. Members conducted targeted searches wherever concerns called for a closer look. 2/2
UPDATE: Thursday, November 5, 2026, 10:15 am:
On Wednesday, Colorado Task Force 1 completed two days of searches in southern Colorado, checking flood-affected communities and assessing homes and infrastructure across the southern San Luis Valley. 1/2
Colorado Task Force 1 packed up & hit the road this morning, responding to historic flooding in southern & southwestern Colorado. The 17-member swiftwater & flood rescue team departed Lakewood, headed to a staging area in Alamosa before continuing to flood-impacted communities.
Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1) is being activated in response to historic flooding across southern & southwestern Colorado. The task force is deploying a 16-member swiftwater and flood rescue team, with mobilization beginning at 5 a.m. Monday. 1/2
Tuesday, September 29- Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1) Update:
Sixteen members of CO-TF1 are safely back in Colorado.
They spent the past several days in Hawaii, staged ahead of Hurricane Nolo- to assist in water search and rescue efforts- and returned early this morning. 1/2
That means being selective about what goes. Those containers in the photos? They’re part of the process of making sure the right equipment gets to the right place- and that the team can quickly find what they need once they arrive. 3/3
Most Task Force deployments involve driving to the destination, which means the team can bring trucks loaded with equipment. Getting to Hawaii is different.
Everything has to fly. 2/3
When you can’t take everything, you have to know exactly what you’ll need. Sixteen members of Colorado Task Force 1 are headed to Hawaii ahead of Tropical Storm Nolo, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island. 1/3
Colorado Task Force 1 is being activated ahead of Tropical Storm Nolo, expected to strengthen into a hurricane and make landfall on Hawaii’s Big Island as early as Friday. Sixteen members of the team will head out this evening, ready to support search & rescue operations.
