A 45-person team, that includes two search dogs and 12 trucks stacked with equipment, is leaving Philadelphia on Thursday morning and heading to North Carolina to be part of the emergency response efforts for Hurricane Helene.
The Philly-based Pa. Task Force One team, headquartered in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia, learned Wednesday afternoon that they were being called in to help support rescue efforts and Task Force Captain Brian Booth said that they are prepared to help out.
‘We have a full base of operations in the trailer, tents, showers, bathroom and plenty of equipment to breach, break, search, cameras and things like that,” he said of some of the gear the team is bringing…