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Virginia Beach-based urban search and rescue team returns from Surfside and last updated 2021-07-14 14:34:16-04 Family members welcomed dozens of members back home to Hampton Roads, including Melanie Rivera. Rivera and her children welcomed back her husband, Reggie Rivera. “The fire family is close,” Melanie said. “It’s been a couple of long weeks, but we’ve made it.” “We’re excited to get him home and get him back to our normal,” she added. Rivera, a longtime York County firefighter, was part of the hazmat component, monitoring debris in Surfside ...

View Comments Ohio Task Force 1 is deploying to assist with the structural collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida.  The Task Force was activated for deployment Wednesday and was fast-tracked to be on the road by 7 p.m. from its location in Vandalia, Ohi, according to the organization.  The team is being deployed with four other urban search and rescue teams. About 80 members and several canine search teams with Ohio Task Force 1 are making the trip to Florida in order to assist in the ongoing search and rescue efforts.  The 12-story beachfront condo b...

"We have about a four-hour window once we get activated, and we have to go through all our processes with the team," Darling said. "These guys will be filling right into their roles and responsibilities to keep the efforts going at the time." It's not just the three structural engineers going down.  Darling said they would potentially have to deploy another larger crew to help in the efforts, as emergency responders in Florida struggle with the exhaustion and the heat.  This team is on standby to get a call in the next 24 to 48 hours to send another crew down to the Sunshine State, but as D...