As the Florida Coast and the Southeast prepare for Hurricane Milton’s landfall, volunteer groups nationwide are gearing up for disaster relief post-storm.
In the Pacific Northwest, Washington Task Force One is sending 80 volunteers down to help out FEMA and other first-responding agencies. Program Manager William Palmer says 31 of their volunteers began their journey on Saturday with several vehicles and over 90,000 pounds of equipment.
“We anticipate that we are going to be used for wide area searches primarily along with water rescue depending on how quickly it drains off,” Palmer said…