Congressional Staff Visit

On July 8, 2010, MA-TF 1 was pleased to host a visit by members of the Congressional staff. Delegates included staffers from the offices of U.S. Senator John Kerry, Congressman Edward Markey, Congressman John Tierney, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, and Congressman Barney Frank.

Twenty Seven members of MA-TF 1 donated their time to present the staffers with demonstrations of our Task Force’s capabilities. Presentations were made in the areas of : Base of Operations/ Command & Control, HAZMAT detection and monitoring, concrete breaching and breaking, steel cutting, canine search, technical search, and medical support.

Photos of the visit can be seen in the slideshow below, or at our online photo album.