Established in 1940, the FBI Disaster Squad is a Disaster Victim Identification Team that responds to mass fatality incidents worldwide. Humanitarian service offered by the FBI that assists with the forensic/scientific identification of disaster victims through friction ridge analysis. (OSAC Crime Scene/Death Investigation Committee)
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