MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Alabama has activated Alabama Task Force One to support floodwater rescue efforts in Texas’ Hill Country.
The eight-person Type 3 swift-water team is made up of urban search and rescue specialists from the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department who mobilized Thursday. The team is one of 20 teams from outside Texas being sent to assist.
Rescue Team Leader Brent Rogers said the current deployment differs from a mission he participated in last year around the same time…