The Miami Fire-Rescue Department is the sponsoring agency for USAR Task Force 2 , one of the two FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of Florida . The task force is a 210-member organization deploying teams of seventy rescue workers , search dogs , physicians and structural engineers who travel with of equipment to assist in major disasters . Some of their notable deployments include Hurricane Opal ( 1995 ) , September 11 attack at the WTC ( 2001 ) , Hurricane Katrina ( 2005 ) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Miami Fire-Rescue Department