Southwest Florida Urban Search & Rescue
A State & Local Partnership
Deployment Status
Florida USAR Task Force 6
Southwest Florida Urban Search & Rescue (designated as FL-TF 6) is a multi-agency, multi-discipline search & rescue task force dedicated to serving the community of Southwest Florida, and its surrounding areas.
Latest Deployment
Hurricane Ian
Fort Myers Beach, FL
October 2022
Our Services
SWF USAR is capable of responding to a variety of incidents that may include
- Structural Collapse Rescue
- Confined Space Rescue
- Trench Rescue
- Large Animal Rescue
- Wide Area Search
- Low/High Angle Rescue
- Swift Water Rescue
- Incident Support
- and more…
Our Team
Our team is comprised of 90+ members that include civilian volunteers, firefighters, paramedics, and specialists from the following departments:
- Bonita Springs
- Estero
- Fort Myers Beach
- Fort Myers Shores
- Iona-McGregor
- Lee County Division of Public Safety
- North Collier
- San Carlos Park
- South Trail
- Cape Coral
- and more…
Our Stories
SWF USAR has served the region as well as the State of Florida in a variety of incidents including:
- Hurricane Ian
- Surfside Structure Collapse
- Construction Incident Technical Rescue
- Hurricane Dorian
- Hurricane Irma
- Hurricane Matthew
- Cape Coral Tornado
- Estero Missing Children
- Hurricane Charley
- and more…