CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Three members of the Hampton Roads Incident Management Team are deploying to North Carolina to support Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
During the deployment, (HRIMT) will work in conjunction with members of the Central Virginia Incident Management Team (CVAIMT) based in Chesterfield County as a blended team.
Once the team arrives in Newton, North Carolina, they will be divided into two groups. Each group will support various Emergency Operations Centers located in the affected counties in the surrounding area.
HRIMT departed the Chesapeake Public Safety Operations Center at 7 a.m. Saturday.
The deployment is scheduled to last 14 days, and the team expected return on Friday, Nov. 8.
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