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Oregon Sends Incident Management Teams To Florida

(Salem, OR) -- Oregon is sending Florida a helping hand to assist with the response following Hurricane Ian. The Oregon State Fire Marshal is sending 13 members from three incident management teams to work in Florida for up to two weeks. The Florida Division of Emergency Management requested the help. The teams specialize in safety, public information, operations, logistics and communication. Meanwhile, the Red Cross Cascades Region has trained disaster volunteers near Florida and ready to help out. Seven volunteers from Oregon are already there, and 14 volunteers from Oregon and Southwest Washington are on standby to leave if they're needed.

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