Maryland Task Force One, Urban Search & Rescue Team MD-TF1 has been activated & is deploying to Florida to help with cleanup from Hurricane Ian, Montgomery County Fire & EMS said.

The team departed the Rockville staging warehouse around 11 p.m. Friday night.

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The team, consisting of members of Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service (MCFRS), will take three tractor trailers, two box trucks, five pickup trucks, four vans and eight boats on the trip, Montgomery County officials said.

Among the tasks are water rescues, searches of collapsed buildings, and determining if damaged buildings are uninhabitable.