OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma Task Force 1 (OKTF-1) of the Oklahoma City Metro set out a Type 3 Swift Water Response six-member team to Central Texas to help with ongoing flood operations.
The team left Oklahoma City at 5 p.m. on July 5 to check in with the Texas Department of Emergency Management in the early morning on Sunday.
Oklahoma sending swift water rescue teams to Texas to help with water rescue
The OKTF-1 OKC Metro is represented as such:
- 4 members from the Oklahoma City Fire Department.
- 1 member from the Yukon Fire Department.
- 1 member from the Norman Fire Department.
A six-person swift water rescue crew from the Tulsa area also left for Central Texas, expanding the commitment from Oklahoma in mutual aid and regional response across state lines.
OKTF-1 OKC Metro staged at the New Braunfels Fire Station 7 before moving along Highway 281, where the team progressed through Marble Falls before finally staging at the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department, the region where both the OKC Metro OKTF-1 and Tulsa continue to work…