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Honey Creek Fire trustees describe regional structural-collapse and trench-rescue capability built after Sullivan tornado
Summary
Honey Creek Fire Protection District officials told the council they trained teams with FEMA-task-force instructors, bought equipment and built an outfitted trailer; the district has invested about $180,000 and staged responses to three incidents to date.
Joe Shackleford, chairman of the Honey Creek Fire Protection District trustees, thanked the council and described the district’s creation of a technical rescue squad after the 2023 Sullivan tornado.
Shackleford said Honey Creek firefighters responded about 30 minutes after the tornado, spent 14 hours searching collapsed buildings, recovered one fatality and processed about 200 collapsed structures. An…
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