SC Task Force 1 Returns After Assiting with Texas Flood Recovery Efforts

SC Task Force 1 returns after assiting with Texas flood recovery efforts

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina Task Force 1 has returned home after two weeks of working in flood-impacted areas of Texas. The team of five, along with their two human remains detection K-9s, returned to the South Carolina State Fire campus on Wednesday. They worked to support search and rescue efforts along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, along with teams from Oklahoma and Colorado. According to SC State Fire, the team members came …

Marshall Police and church helping Texas flood victims

MARSHALL, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) - The Marshall Police Department partners with a local church to help flood victims in Kerr County, Texas. Chief Cliff Carruth welcomed Pastor Bishop Rickey Moore of New Vision Missionary Baptist Church to share how the Marshall community can help those impacted by the deadly flooding in Texas. They are collecting supplies to fill a van to deliver to those in need. The van is parked outside the church located at 2800 …

VBFD Swiftwater Rescue Team returns home from Texas

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Beach Fire Department Swiftwater Rescue Team is back in Hampton Roads after being deployed in Texas for nearly three weeks.   Virginia Beach Swiftwater Rescue Team works through challenging terrain in Texas The team reunited with family and friends during a homecoming Wednesday afternoon. They were in Texas helping with search and recovery efforts after the flooding of the Guadalupe River. Capt. Se…

Search and rescue team from Riverside back home after helping with Texas flood recovery efforts

Five members of an urban search and rescue team from Riverside have returned home after a grueling two-week mission in Texas, where they worked with cadaver dogs to help with the July 4 flooding recovery effort.

Hometown Hero helps in Texas floods search and recovery efforts

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (WYTV) - Earlier this month, Dale Hammon, an experienced diver from East Liverpool, made his way down to Kerrville, Texas to help with search and Recovery Efforts. He is this week’s WYTV Hometown Hero. “We have a skill that most divers don’t have and most other people don’t have. Not anybody can do this job. If you see some things that we see, you probably wouldn’t want to do this job,” Hammon said. Hammon is 70 years old an…

Missouri Task Force 1 returns after assisting in Texas flood recovery

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After 16 days of doing search and recovery operations in Kerr County, Texas, Missouri Task Force 1 returned home Wednesday morning. Throughout the deployment, the task force worked with FEMA, local emergency agencies, volunteers, and international partners to deliver vital support following one of the most severe flooding events Texas has experienced.