L.A. SEARCH TEAMS ON WAY HUNT ON FOR SHUTTLE DEBRIS.Byline: Phillip W. Browne Staff Writer Sixty crew members from three Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los firefighting teams left for Texas on Friday to help search for debris from the space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Columbia. The Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical contacted the Los Angeles teams Wednesday in an effort to get 2,100 searchers in Texas by Friday. The search is being intensified to beat the area's spring bloom, which would make debris harder to find. ``Texas is in a period where the brush is going to sprout up,'' said Jim Hall, a USFS USFS United States Forest Service USFS U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. assistant chief. ``There is an urgency to find as much debris as possible, as soon as possible. We will be doing our part to help.'' The crew members, divided into three teams, are being deployed to Corsicana, Texas. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), plans to have more than 100 teams based in Corsicana, Nacogdoches, Hemphill and Palestine, Texas. Bad weather hampered the search Thursday. So far, no confirmed shuttle debris has been found west of Granbury, Texas, near Fort Worth. About 25,000 pounds of Columbia debris has already been recovered and is now at Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] See : Astronautics in Florida, said NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. spokeswoman Laura Brown. That total is about 11 percent of the orbiter's weight as it descended from orbit. Additionally, about 5,600 items from the spacecraft have been recovered. The Los Angeles teams are being deployed from South Central L.A., East L.A. and the Angeles National Forest. The crews are trained for fighting wildland fires and search and rescue, Hall said. ``These crews are prepared for any kind of natural disaster or a disaster like this,'' Hall said. ``We will receive special training related to this specific search in Texas, but aside of that, these crews are ready to go.'' The local teams will be in Texas for 21 days, Hall said. In addition to Texas, investigators are searching the area of Caliente, Nev., for what could be a piece of space shuttle Columbia debris believed to have been tracked by air traffic control radar after it was shed early in the spacecraft's descent over California and Nevada on Feb. 1. NASA is also asking residents and officials in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah for help in finding material from the shuttle. The material would have fallen as it was re-entering Earth's atmosphere along a line stretching generally from San Francisco to Lafayette, La. Everyone is asked to be on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout possible shuttle material 60 miles north or south of the re-entry RE-ENTRY, estates. The resuming or retaking possession of land which the party lately had. 2. Ground rent deeds and leases frequently contain a clause authorizing the landlord to reenter on the non-payment of rent, or the breach of some covenant, when the track. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Members of the Angeles National Forest's Aztec Fire Crew pack equipment Friday before heading to Texas to help search for pieces of the space shuttle Columbia that may have fallen away from the doomed spacecraft upon re-entry. (2) Members of the Angeles National Forest's Highlanders Fire Crew are ready to head for Texas to hunt for space shuttle debris before new growth sprouts. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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