FEMA Task Force Deployed: OH TF-1
Local task force heads to Haiti
Members will rescue victims from rubble
Updated: Thursday, 14 Jan 2010, 8:14 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 14 Jan 2010, 8:10 AM EST
Jordan Burgess
KETTERING, Ohio (WDTN) - An local task force prepared early Thursday morning for a trip to Haiti to help earthquake victims.
Ohio Task Force 1 packed bags and loaded trucks with equipment that will be used to rescue those trapped in the rubble.
The task force planned to leave from Kettering and then fly out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with an arrival in Haiti scheduled for sometime Thursday evening.
Members will then stay for one to two weeks.
The task force is made up of police officers, firefighters, and others from across the state. It is one of 27 others across the country that normally handle domestic disasters, but in this case the President has called them up to provide help on foreign soil.
Ohio Task Force 1 has dealt with the aftermath of Katrina and 9-11 in the past.
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