Four Richardson Fire Department members (a captain and three firefighters/paramedics), remain deployed to Williamson County as part of Texas Task Force 2, helping with flood recovery efforts at Big Sandy Creek in Leander. In addition, a staff member from the City’s Office of Emergency Management will remain in Austin through Sunday while he helps support Travis County’s flood response as part of the Incident Support Task Force.
Texas Task Force 2 is one of the state’s two urban search and rescue teams specially trained to locate and extricate victims of natural or man-made disasters. In Leander, floodwaters damaged a bridge over Big Sandy Creek, which cut off access to 200 homes, requiring distribution of emergency supplies to the neighborhood by boat. A temporary low water crossing was constructed and opened earlier this week.
Additional RFD and OEM staff are prepared to be deployed if needed.
More information: texastaskforce2.org
