Eduard C. Badiu, PhD, P.E. serves as First Responder, Structural Specialist with DHS-FEMA Florida Task Force 2 and as a Subject Matter Expert with Technical Rescue Team with Broward County Sheriff’s Office – Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency Services, responding frequently to Nationally/Federally and locally declared emergencies.

 

As such, his presence is required sometimes imminently or in a very short notice (6 hours), which takes precedence over normally scheduled appearance as an Expert Witness in a legal matter, then subject Appraisals, Arbitrations, Umpire Meetings, Depositions, Mediations, Pre-Trial Hearings, Trial Hearings and Trial Testimony shall be re-scheduled.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

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The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System (the System), established under the authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1989, is a framework for organizing federal, state and local partner emergency response teams as integrated federal disaster response task forces. 

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Since 1991, the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue Team (FL-TF2) has been serving the national community in times of need. The team is designed to respond to a variety of disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, storms and tornadoes, floods, dam failures, technological accidents, terrorist activities and hazardous materials releases where victims may be trapped, lost or injured. With only 3 1/2 hours notice, this nationally recognized group can be on its way with 80 highly trained members and thousands of dollars worth of specialized tools and equipment to a community in need.

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