SVRS has a very unique unit, the Northern Virginia Disaster Task Force 8 (TF8). TF8 is a state disaster response unit composed of 34 SVRS members. It is deployed at the request of the Governor or the Office of EMS to provide assistance to parts of Virginia affected by disasters. The Task Force has been mobilized for high-profile responses like: all presidential inaugurations since 1972; Nelson County floods in 1969; Hurricane Agnes flooding in 1972; a TWA crash in 1974 and an Air Florida crash in the DC area in 1982; the Pentagon terrorist attack in 2001; and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.