Ohio Task Force 1 to return home from rescue mission

Ohio Task Force 1 (OH-TF1) was officially demobilized Sunday morning and will be returning home from Florida’s Gulf Coast.

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The rescue team was conducting missions in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, according to a press release from Ohio Task Force 1′s spokesperson.

OH-TF1 helped clean up the destruction in various different ways such as;

• Rescued a handful of people from precarious situations
• Evacuated dozens of people and pets
• Checked on people who were sheltering in place
• Assisted local officials in searching for missing persons
• Conducted over 4500 house-by-house searches
• Recorded data on structure damage and hazards for authorities

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The rescue team’s safe arrival into Ohio has yet to be announced, the spokesperson said.

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