(Fairfax)- Members of Virginia Task Force 1, Fairfax County’s international urban-search-and-rescue team, have been deployed ahead of what is now Tropical Storm Idalia. In partnership with FEMA, an 80-person team from Fairfax left for Florida on Monday evening. Va. Task Force 1 is a self-contained team consisting of technical search-and-rescue specialists, structural engineers, physicians, paramedics, search canines, and communications and planning specialists from all over Northern Virginia.
