Redmond Firefighters Deploy to Georgia
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
September 8, 2017
CONTACT
Becky Range, Community Outreach Specialist
brange@redmond.gov
425-556-2126
Redmond,
WA – The Redmond
Fire Department is deploying three members of the local FEMA Urban Search and
Rescue Team, Washington Task Force 1 (USAR WA-TF1) to stage in Georgia this
evening. Their deployment is in preparation and support of search and rescue
efforts during the Hurricane Irma event.
Captain Don
Sanderson, Firefighter/Paramedic Lafond Davis, and Firefighter/Paramedic Skip
Boylan will join other first responders in the region to form an 80 person team known as a “type
1” Search and Rescue response team. The USAR WA-TF1 team, last deployed during
the Oso landslide near Darrington, WA, included eight members from the
Redmond Fire Department.
The Washington Task Force 1
(WA-TF1) was established in 1991 and currently consists of members from 21
agencies from three primary jurisdictions: Seattle Fire; King County; and
Pierce County. The team comprises over 210 team members, drawn from a variety of organizations
including fire departments, hospitals, law enforcement and public works
agencies in the City of Seattle, King County, and Pierce County. Canine teams
accompany WA-TF1 members on all deployments.
For questions and more information contact Becky Range, Community Outreach
Specialist, at brange@redmond.gov
or 425-556-2126. This press release is available on www.redmond.gov.
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