Missouri Task Force 1 is headed home from central Texas. Gale Blomenkamp, spokesman for the state’s top search and rescue team, says, though, a few of them won’t be coming home right away. “Four members are still in play and are still in Kerr County,”...
Missouri’s premier urban search and rescue team has been in North Carolina to help Hurricane Helene victims. Missouri Task Force 1 has been searching for, rescuing, and recovering victims. Members have also been assessing property that has been caught up in the...
Gov. Mike Parson has ordered the U.S. and Missouri flags to be lowered to half-staff at all government buildings in Boone County, the Fire Fighters Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City, and firehouses statewide from sunrise to sunset Saturday in honor of Boone County...
A firefighter in central Missouri’s Boone County has died during a water rescue operation. A social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District identified him as Assistant Fire Chief Matt Tobben. He was conducting a swift water rescue north of downtown...
