MD Task Force One Heads to Florida to Help with Hurricane Michael Relief
Just one month after helping with Hurricane Florence in South Carolina, Maryland’s Task Force One is back on the road.
The team was called on by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist with Hurricane Michael Relief efforts in Florida.
According to The National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Michael has strengthened to a Category 2 and is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge to Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency as residents embrace for the storm.
Approximately 20 team members from Maryland’s Task Force One Search and Rescue Team are heading to Florida, Georgia, and Alabama to support local responders as needed, according to Montgomery County and Fire Rescue spokesperson, Pete Piringer.
The team is expected to be in place by Wednesday.
#BREAKING @mcfrs #MD-TF1 has departed for assignment in FL after being activated by @fema A 16 member swift water search & rescue team with more members at the ready #GetUpDC @mcfrsPIO @marcelwarfield @wusa9 @mcpnews @MontgomeryCoMD pic.twitter.com/l9shsdIjRf
— Mark Bost (@obedienttither) October 9, 2018
MD-TF1 has been activated by @fema in response to #HurricaneMichael. Maryland Task Force 1 Urban Search & Rescue US&R are deploying a 16-person Water Rescue Team & expect 12-15 hour trip to gulf region in anticipation of the storm’s impact in Florida/Georgia/Alabama @femaregion4 https://t.co/9I6ksaG2gR
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 9, 2018
MD-TF1 departs for #HurricaneMichael @FEMA activated 6 ‘mission ready’ Swift Water Rescue Teams: Indiana, Missouri, Virginia1-Fairfax, Virginia2-VA Beach, Ohio1 & Maryland1 – MD-TF1 16-member Swift Water Rescue Team incl personnel from #PGFD @HCDFRS are headed to Southeast US pic.twitter.com/ExAMNBiC6n
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 9, 2018
MD-TF1 alerted Monday eve #HurricaneMichael @FEMA activated 8 teams’ total – 2 large 80-person, ‘Type1’ teams – from Texas & Tennessee. Along w/ 6 ‘mission ready’ Swift Water Rescue Teams: Indiana, Missouri, Virginia1-Fairfax, Virginia2-VA Beach, Ohio1 & Maryland1 @NewsFema pic.twitter.com/zQ6xiKuw54
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 9, 2018
Update – MD-TF1 Maryland Urban Sesrch & Rescue US&R team prepares for deployment #HurricaneMichael 1 of several female team is headed for the south east US – @FEMAregion3 MD-TF1 16-member Swift Water Rescue Team headed to Florida panhandle pic.twitter.com/YlkaYRRKUA
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 9, 2018
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