Eight members of the Virginia Beach Fire Department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team, VA-2, are deploying to Texas Sunday evening to assist with ongoing flood response operations under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC).
The team is set to depart from the Harry E. Diezel Fire Training Center at 5 p.m. and joins efforts to locate the missing and assist communities devastated by flash flooding across the Texas Hill Country.
“We are proud to support our partners in Texas during this challenging time,” said Fire Chief Ken Pravetz…