Butler County team assists with Florida hurricane rescue efforts

A team of emergency responders from 11 Butler County agencies have been deployed through the Butler County Emergency Management Agency to help stage rescue efforts when Hurricane Ian hits Florida. CONTRIBUTED

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A team of emergency responders from 11 Butler County agencies have been deployed through the Butler County Emergency Management Agency to help stage rescue efforts when Hurricane Ian hits Florida. CONTRIBUTED
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By Denise G. Callahan
Updated Sept 28, 2022
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Ahead of category 4 Hurricane Ian making landfall in the U.S., the Butler County Emergency Management Agency deployed a team of 14 to help coordinate rescue missions in Florida.

EMA Director Matt Haverkos said a team of emergency responders from his agency and police and fire departments from Englewood, Hamilton, Monroe, Oxford, Liberty, Ross, Wayne and West Chester townships left Tuesday and were based at the Orange County Convention Center on Wednesday.

The team will be directed to where the state wants them to help stage rescue efforts south of Tampa.

“They’ll go there and work coordinating all the resources that are coming in and assigning missions from there,” Haverkos said. “This is actually our bread and butter, we normally would do either state emergency operation center missions or county EOC missions or this. Which is basically coordinating all the teams and trucks and people.”

Haverkos said the mission is for 16 days and the state of Florida will reimburse them for their time and expenses. The Butler County EMA is routinely deployed to massive emergencies like this nationwide.

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Denise has been reporter with Cox since 2006. She covers Butler County government including all elected office holders, departments and independent boards; Ross and West Chester townships. She strives to deliver the most impactful, comprehensive and crucial information about all aspects of local government to her readers every day.