The origins of the FEMA Task Forces goes back to the early 1980s when the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and Miami-Dade County Fire Department created search and rescue teams to deal with rescue operations in collapsed buildings.
The development of FEMA Task Forces can be attributed to the efforts of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and Miami-Dade County Fire Department in the early 1980s, who established specialized search and rescue teams to address collapsed building incidents. This experience served as a precursor for the creation of FEMA Task Forces.