Roanoke Fire-EMS Deploys Team to St. Bernard's Parrish, LA
From the Roanoke Fire-EMS Department:
Roanoke Fire-EMS has been called upon by EMAC once again to deploy a Hurricane Recovery Team to St. Bernard's Parrish, LA. This group of 8 Fire-EMS personnel will serve with the Incident Management Team in
Louisiana.
The team consists of: Deputy Chief Ralph Tartaglia, Battalion Chief Jeff Beckner, Battalion Chief Teddy Adkins, Captain Werner Van Damme, Captain Chuck Swecker, 1st Lt. Tim Cady, FF/EMT-I Becky Smith and FF/EMT Jeff Oliver.
The crew departed from the Roanoke Valley Regional Fire-EMS Training Center at approximately 4:30 this afternoon. They will be traveling to Birmingham, AL tonight and will be staying at a Fire Station there. The team will be deployed for approximately 18 days - 4 days of travel and 14 days of working in Louisiana. They are to report to their post by 7am on Wednesday, September 3.
This is the fourth deployment that Roanoke Fire-EMS has been on since 2005. In 2005, three separate teams were deployed to assist Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by Hurricane Gustav. Roanoke Fire-EMS is ready to assist the citizens of St. Bernard's Parrish in any way that we can during this recovery period," says Chief David Hoback.
Roanoke Fire-EMS has been called upon by EMAC once again to deploy a Hurricane Recovery Team to St. Bernard's Parrish, LA. This group of 8 Fire-EMS personnel will serve with the Incident Management Team in
Louisiana.
The team consists of: Deputy Chief Ralph Tartaglia, Battalion Chief Jeff Beckner, Battalion Chief Teddy Adkins, Captain Werner Van Damme, Captain Chuck Swecker, 1st Lt. Tim Cady, FF/EMT-I Becky Smith and FF/EMT Jeff Oliver.
The crew departed from the Roanoke Valley Regional Fire-EMS Training Center at approximately 4:30 this afternoon. They will be traveling to Birmingham, AL tonight and will be staying at a Fire Station there. The team will be deployed for approximately 18 days - 4 days of travel and 14 days of working in Louisiana. They are to report to their post by 7am on Wednesday, September 3.
This is the fourth deployment that Roanoke Fire-EMS has been on since 2005. In 2005, three separate teams were deployed to assist Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by Hurricane Gustav. Roanoke Fire-EMS is ready to assist the citizens of St. Bernard's Parrish in any way that we can during this recovery period," says Chief David Hoback.
13 comments:
Hope that all that are deployed help all those in need and have a safe return home to their families and their department.
Good luck team!
We're thinking about you all. Good luck and be safe.
Got a message they arrived in LA this afternoon, and staged until, an assignment was given. Found out this evening they are being sent to downtown New Orleans
-Bug
Greetings,
I work at Station 2 in Bham Ala, where your team stayed last evening. I wish the team a safe deployment. Anytime any of you find yourself in Bham, our doors are always open.
Take care,
Barry Casey
Great to hear from you Barry. Thanks for taking care of our brothers. You are welcome up here as well.
So what happens when the three storms tatoo the east coast?
Update,
They recieved the task of IMT for the returning EVACuees today. They had been sleeping in the superdome but have now upgraded to a hotel in New Orleans. From what I gather it has been a lot of hurry up and wait, but now things are getting uderway.
-Bug
Who is "bug"
Robert Reid at # 9 C-Shift
Watch what you say. He is one of them!
I think a storm is heading toward Hatteras. I would like to volunteer to go there sorta as an advance scout for the deployment. Just forward my check to me there. I promise to keep a close watch on the tide. I will buy my own beer. Ghost
I'll let you know what its doing down there Ghost....leaving bright and early in the morning.....and hope to get trapped on the Island.
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