Missouri Task Force 1 has been deployed to Kentucky to respond to flooding in the eastern part of that state. Eighty members of the task force are being sent to Hazard, Kentucky, in the Appalachian Mountains, where a “historic” flood event is happening. They’ll be...
Tuesday will be Missouri Task Force One’s last day in western North Carolina, but they’re not done yet. The task force is deploying to Florida to help with the upcoming response to Hurricane Milton, which is forecast to strike the Florida peninsula Wednesday night. A...
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...
Missouri’s highly-skilled search and rescue team has deployed to help with Hurricane Helene relief. Gale Blomenkamp, with Boone County Fire District, said 45 Missouri Task Force members are in Gainesville, Georgia. The hurricane is forecasted to make landfall as a...
Missouri Task Force One should arrive at the Gulf of Mexico before Hurricane Francine makes landfall. Battalion Chief Gale Blomenkamp told KMOX Radio in St. Louis that they will set up just north of New Orleans. “Forty-five total people. They do have two live-find K9...
