First responders from South Florida who raced to Venezuela in the aftermath of the devastating and deadly earthquakes in Venezuela at the end of June have returned home after a weeklong deployment.
Members of Florida’s Task Force 1 and Task Force 2 (FL-TF1 and FL-TF2) spent the week helping with the search-and-rescue operations, working alongside Venezuela’s Urban Search and Rescue teams and other international partners.
The mission held a special significance in their hearts as South Florida hold one of the largest Venezuelan populations in the U.S., making this mission even more personal…