MDTF-1

September 12, 2018 | Staff Writer

Maryland Task Force Arrives in South Carolina to Aid in Hurricane Relief Efforts

Team members from Maryland Task Force 1 Urban Search Rescue Team arrived in Columbia, South Carolina to help with Hurricane Florence relief efforts. The team is comprised of 80 members, including those with heavy concrete structure collapse, wide-area search, and swift-water rescue capabilities, according to a news release “I am very proud that Montgomery County […]

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September 6, 2017 | Mitti Hicks

A Look Inside: Task Force Lead Describes What Hurricane Rescue Efforts Look Like (VIDEO)

Monte Fitch is the assistant team leader for the Maryland Task Force One (MDTF-1) team who were deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in August to help with Hurricane Harvey Relief. At least a dozen members from the team returned home early Wednesday and at least four others were deployed to Alabama as Hurricane […]

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