A recent 3-day training course is helping members of Ohio Task Force 1 become specialists in heavy equipment rigging (HERS), which is vital in disaster situations. Only 20-40 students are accepted in ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — What would it look like if an EF-4 tornado slammed into Lincoln? Who would help pick up the pieces? Nebraska Task Force 1 took part in a large-scale training exercise Thursday to ...

While the sun was shining, the scene looked as though a tornado had torn through south Lincoln as members of Nebraska Task Force 1 conducted a full-scale training exercise this week.