Paramedics and EMTs are making the 40-hour drive from Hayward to South Florida.
On Tuesday night, two strike teams prepped and packed ambulances from Falck, the 911 ambulance provider for Alameda County.
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David Torres is the Managing Director Chief of Falck Alameda County EMS.
“It could be anything from aiding evacuations, taking over the ambulance transport for a community that’s hard hit but they will receive an assignment when they arrive,” Torres said.
Torres said when he polled for volunteers, more than 100 offered to go.
“It shows how resilient they are, I think their daily work is tenuous and stressful and busy, but they’re willing to drop everything,” Torres said.
Last Friday, PG&E deployed teams from Sacramento to Georgia so they could respond to Hurricane Helene. Earlier this week crews headed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
“This response for PG&E is actually record-breaking,” PG&E Spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian said. “We are sending more than 400 crew members and personnel over to the East Coast and that is the largest number we have sent to a natural disaster.”