Kansas Task Force 1 returned home Sunday from Texas.
The task force conducted search and rescue operations (hasty searches, primary searches, water searches and ground searches) in Kerr County following the tragic flooding earlier this month. Kansas Task Force 1 left Kansas on July 12.
The KS-TF1 response was the result of an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request from the State of Texas to the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. EMAC (e-mack) is a multistate, mutual aid agreement that facilitates interstate assistance in disaster response and recovery operations. The response was coordinated through the Kansas State Fire Marshal Search and Rescue Program.
Following the EMAC agreement, Kansas and assisting departments will be reimbursed for costs associated with the deployment.