SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Many are reflecting on Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi 20 years ago. Katrina intensified to a Category 5 storm before weakening to a Category 3 when ...
Jeffrey Newman is a captain at Sycamore Township Fire Department and has been with Ohio Task Force 1 since the early 2000s. He was sent to south Mississippi hours after Katrina devastated the ...
Nevada Task Force 1 always answers the call of duty, heading out to our country's worst disasters to help out where they're needed most, like in July when they went to Texas to assist with flooding ...
In less than 12 hours, Ohio Task Force 1 (OH-TF1) packed up and headed to the Carolinas, anticipating damage from a severe storm. But it was demobilized and returned home. As reported on News Center 7 ...
A spokesperson with the task force said they will be returning home, despite leave for the Carolinas on Sunday morning. As previously reported by News Center 7, the task force was initially deployed ...
A recent 3-day training course is helping members of Ohio Task Force 1 become specialists in heavy equipment rigging (HERS), which is vital in disaster situations. Only 20-40 students are accepted in ...