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Disasters can be defined as events that cause serious disruptions in the services that are essential for the normal operation of a community(s) and frequently result in widespread human and environmental losses. Such disruptions exceed the emergency management capabilities of the affected community(s). More...


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Toronto HUSAR Takes Off
Exercise Trillium Response involved all levels of government and simulated a massive ice storm in the northwestern Ontario, similar in scope to the challenge that devastated eastern Ontario and Québec in 1998. The challenging exercise involved more than 1,500 participants from the Ontario and Canadian governments, 25 municipalities and three First Nations communities, the province of Manitoba, and non-government organizations.

Toronto’s multi-emergency services Heavy Urban Search & Rescue Team returns from first national exercise
On Sunday, March 12, Toronto’s multi-emergency services Heavy Urban Search & Rescue Team (HUSAR) safely returned from Canada’s first national search and rescue exercise.

Disaster response teams at Toronto City Hall
Toronto's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) teams performed demonstrations for the Standing Senate Committee on National Security & Defense.

Toronto Heavy Urban Search & Rescue (HUSAR) Off-Site Deployment Exercise
The Toronto Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) Team conducted an off-site deployment exercise on Monday, September 26th to Wednesday September 28, 2005 in the Town Of Whitby.

CBRN exercise downtown
On September 18, Toronto’s emergency services, the Toronto Dominion Centre and the Toronto Transit Commission conducted an exercise downtown to test the City's Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Team.

Structural collapse rescue exercise
On April 7, Toronto Fire Services’ Special Operations Training Centre at 200 Bermondsey Road, hosted a mass casualty search and rescue exercise from a collapsed structure.

Toronto Husar Team successfully defends its title at SARSCENE 2004
The Toronto HUSAR Team went to SARSCENE 2004 with the intent of defend their title as SCARSCENE Games Champions, and defend it they did. more ...

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Doug Silver
Division Chief Professional Development and Training Special Teams Coordinator HUSAR/CBRN
Toronto Fire Services
4330 Dufferin St
Toronto, ON, Canada M3H 5R9
Tel: (416) 338-9104
Fax: (416) 338-9060
Email: dsilver@toronto.ca

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