Dozens of Colorado firefighters are back home after weeks away helping in the aftermath of the two hurricanes that devastated the southeast area of the country.
“For Colorado Task Force One, it’s 23 fire departments that make up the entire task force from around the state,” said Lieutenant Aaron McConnellogue, with Colorado Springs Fire Department.
Colorado Springs Fire and multiple other fire departments in Southern Colorado shared firefighters to help with search and rescue.
They are emergency responders who have trained and qualified to be part of what is called Colorado Task Force 1.
They are a national resource on-call month to month and ready to offer help through FEMA when other regions of the country are overwhelmed by disaster.
“it’s quite an honor to be a part of the team, and especially to travel around the country and be able to to help others out in these other communities. And most of those people don’t know that we’re local firefighters from wherever we came from,” said McConnellogue