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Kansas Task Force returns from Texas flood rescue mission

KANSAS (KSNT) – Kansas’ Task Force 1 (KS-TF1) has returned to the Sunflower State after 15 long days of search and rescue operations in flooded parts of Texas.

The 15 members of the KS-TF1 returned to their families, loved ones and coworkers on July 27. The task force helped search for flooding victims by navigating dangerous floodwaters, working along K9 teams and covering miles of terrain.

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“The relationships built within the team on a deployment cannot be explained in words, only in experience,” the Kansas Fire Marshal wrote on Facebook.

Members of KS-TF1 shared the thank-you cards they received and also signed rocks, a tradition among KS-TF1 members to keep personal mementos.

On July 12, Governor Laura Kelly announced that Kansas deployed two Type 3 swift-water rescue teams to impacted areas of Texas. The teams were assigned to Kerrville and Kerr County, Texas.

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The response followed Texas’s request to the Kansas Division of Emergency Management for assistance in the disaster. The request was made as part of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a multistate mutual aid agreement. As part of the agreement, Kansas will be reimbursed for the cost of deployment.

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