VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Task Force 2 has 14 members in Puerto Rico working with both local and federal authorities after Hurricane Dorian.
On Friday, Virginia Task Force 2 has been activated as a US&R Task Force Type 1 team.
The 80 member team is currently loading up equipment and rostering the team to deploy to Orlando Convention Center in anticipation of the landfall of Hurricane Dorian.
The team will be leaving the Virginia Beach Fire Training Center at 927 South Birdneck Road in Virginia Beach around 6 p.m. on Friday.
The hurricane already ripped through the British and US Virginia Islands on Wednesday.
The 14-members of VA-TF 2 comprise the command staff working to establish what the rescue needs are in the region.
The Virginia Beach Fire Department is the sponsoring agency for VA-TF 2, and it's comprised of firefighters and specialty personnel from across Hampton Roads and the surrounding region.
If the order to deploy is given, the team will assemble at the Fire Training Center, load-up their equipment before making the trip to Florida.
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