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A 47-member team of Missouri Task Force 1 conducted search and rescue missions and wide-area search operations Monday in Fort Myers, Florida — one of the communities hit hardest last week by Hurrican…

45 members of NJ Task Force 1 deployed to Orlando, Florida on Friday evening to aid with Hurricane Ian rescue and recovery efforts.

The National Guard stands ready at any moment to join our active-duty forces overseas or to put their civilian lives on standby to do their state's bidding at home.

Hundreds of specially trained personnel from across the tri-state are on their way to Louisiana where a Category 4 storm has made landfall the same date...

A couple with a summer home on the Jersey Shore has been was confirmed as having died in the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo, according to their only child. Jonathan Epstein wrote on his Facebook page that the remains of his parents David, 58, and Bonnie Epstein, 56 were recovered and on Saturday. The 26-year-old  told 6 ABC Action News that his parents, married 31 years, sold their home in Holland Township in Bucks County several years ago and split their time between Brooklyn, Surfsid...

New Jersey group heads to Florida to assist in condo rescue effort with comfort dogs News 12 Staff Updated on: Jul 02, 2021, 12:47am As the search continues for victims in the Miami-area building collapse, a team from southern New Jersey is hoping to provide comfort for families and those on the front lines. As crews work through the rubble in Sunrise, Florida, John Hunt and his team from Crisis Response Canines are there to provide emotional support. “The dog allows them that - an opportunit...

The team will send 70 members, in 21 technically skilled positions and 10 ground support personnel, according to OEM spokesperson Laura Connolly. Connolly said that they will take two crew carriers, three tractor-trailers, two box trucks, five F-450 crew trucks, two passenger vans, two K-9 units,  two utility terrain vehicles and a fleet service truck as well as a six boats with trailers and a water support trailer. The team will stage in Miami. This is their eighth deployment since 2016....

Local crews heading to Florida to help with rescue efforts following deadly condo collapse Local crews heading to Florida to help with rescue efforts following deadly condo collapse Pennsylvania and New Jersey Task Force 1 will head to Florida to assist with search and rescue following a deadly condo collapse. PHILADELPHIA - Local crews are heading to Surfside, Florida to aid search and rescue efforts as hundreds remain unaccounted for following a deadly condo collapse.  The bodies of six addi...

New Jersey’s Task Force 1 to deploy to Florida as condo collapse death toll rises News 12 Staff Updated on: Jul 01, 2021, 9:12am New Jersey’s Task Force 1 search and rescue team will deploy to Florida to help in condo collapse rescue efforts happening in Surfside. Authorities say that six more bodies were recovered on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 18. There are still 147 people unaccounted for, including a couple from Lakewood. As the rescue efforts continue, officials say that some...

Rescue squads across the country are standing at the ready to assist in recovery efforts following a building collapse near Miami.