Members of three Valley fire departments are helping the people of Florida following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.

At 10 p.m. Wednesday, the Calcutta Fire Dept members joined others in a deployment to take part in Operation Hurricane Ian Search & Rescue.

Joining team leader, Calcutta Fire Lt. Randy Schneider are Chief Harold Maynard, Fire Lt. Dave Dunn Jr, and Firefighter Brent Liste from the Milton Township Fire Department, as well as Liverpool Township Fire Dept Firefighter Justin Ash.

The team is heading to the emergency operations command center in Lee County and meeting with Sheriff Carmine Marceno who has said there have been reports of vehicles floating into the ocean and buildings compromised.

With a population of 756,000, a curfew was put in place last night for Lee County, which includes Fort Myers.

Sheriff Marceno has warned would-be looters of a zero-tolerance policy by his department.

This is the second time in the past ten months that Calcutta Firefighters have taken part in helping victims of natural disasters.

After joining search and rescue efforts following last December’s tornadoes in Mayfield, Kentucky, the department went back to the state for three days following intense floods.