NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – The Salvation Army has deployed an Omaha-based disaster-relief team to North Platte to assist with wildfire response efforts in Lincoln County and Dawson County.
The Omaha team will join the North Platte Corps Community Center team, which began supporting first responders Thursday as large-scale wildfires broke out east and south of North Platte.
Multi-agency response
First responders from more than a dozen agencies are working to battle the fires, which spread rapidly amid dry and windy conditions. The combined Salvation Army teams are providing food and hydration to firefighters and other first responders involved in the firefighting operations…