On Saturday, Central Florida first responders were welcomed home after being sent to some of Louisiana’s hardest-hit areas by Hurricane Ida.
‘Welcome home!’ The Orlando Fire Department tweeted. The crew is part of the Central Florida Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 4 led by the Orlando Fire Department, Orange County Fire Rescue, and Seminole County Fire Department that deployed on Aug. 30. The mission to Louisiana included 40 team members and one K-9 from Seminole, Orange, and Osceola counties, along with the cities of Orlando, Kissimmee, Melbourne, and Clermont. The Task Force 4 team includes firefighters, paramedics, structural engineers, doctors, search and rescue K9s, and other highly-trained specialists.