 Three years later, the department became the first in the nation to use military anti-shock trousers (MAST), inflatable pants that force blood from the legs of a patient in hemorrhagic shock to the more vital regions of the body.The Miami Fire-Rescue Department is the sponsoring agency for USAR Task Force 2, one of the two FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of Florida.The task force is a 210-member organization deploying teams of seventy rescue workers, search dogs, physicians and structural engineers who travel with of equipment to assist in major disasters.