PHOENIX — Arizona Task Force One team returned to Phoenix Saturday evening after being deployed to assist in post-hurricane search and rescue.
Forty-five Phoenix fire personnel trained in paramedics, hazardous materials, technical rescue, trained search canines and water operations experts were deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana following Hurricane Laura. The team was activated as part of the federal response to the hurricane.
Fortunately, the damage sustained was not as catastrophic as FEMA was anticipating, according to officials.
AZ-TF1 has responded to many disasters in the past including the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and 9/11.
