US sending elite search teams to Venezuela after deadly earthquakes: ‘Exactly what we train for’ America’s premier search teams are headed to Venezuela to help find and rescue survivors among the rubble. USA-01 and USA-02 — from Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue in Virginia and from Los Angeles — were activated within hours of the deadly quakes. USA-01 is now waiting to fly 79 team members, 70,000 pounds of equipment and six sniffer dogs into the disaster zone. The elite crew, which mainly consists of firefighters but also deploys medics, engineers and dog handlers, has previously carried out missions in deadly natural disasters including the Haiti earthquake in 2010 and the Japanese tsunami of 2011. FULL STORY : NEW YORK POST