WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas Task Force 2 was deployed to Florida Sunday night before Hurricane Milton.
The task force includes personnel from the Chanute Fire Department, Cherryvale Fire-Rescue, Johnson County Med-Act, Manhattan Fire Department, Neodesha Fire Department, Salina Fire Department, Shawnee Kansas Fire Department, and Wichita Fire Department.
“The personnel responding to Florida to assist with Hurricane Milton have trained for this kind of disaster response,” Mark Engholm, Kansas Fire Marshal, said. “They are committed to providing professional search and rescue support to those in need. Kansas can be proud of our men and women who have chosen to deploy.”
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Their primary tasks will be to search for and rescue individuals, provide basic life support medical care, transport humans and animals to the nearest location for secondary air or land transport, provide shore-based and boat-based water rescue, provide animal rescues, and support helicopter and urban search and rescue in water environments.