TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Tallahassee firefighters and rescue specialists were activated at 6 a.m. Saturday and sent to Northwest Florida to help with the threat of river flooding.
Twenty-three Tallahassee Fire Department members with Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 7 staged overnight at the department’s Training Division before deploying to Crestview to assist with potential flooding.
The deployment also included a fleet fuel truck and an emergency vehicle technician. Two additional Urban Search and Rescue members from Madison County Fire Rescue joined the team.