OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Oklahoma Task Force 1, the state’s urban search and rescue team, will get $1 million a year in state funding, after Governor Stitt signed House Bill 4043 into law.
The team says it’s the first time they’ve had a stable funding source.
Since they were founded in 2006 with a FEMA grant, Oklahoma Task Force 1 says they’ve had to operate with limited sustained funding and that members have often had to cover expenses for gear, uniforms, and even their K-9 dogs veterinary care, out of their own pockets…