Bay Area Harvey Heroes deployed to Florida for Hurricane Irma
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- As people evacuate Florida anticipating Hurricane Irma, help from the Bay Area is already on its way.
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The Urban Search and Rescue Task Force barely made it out of Texas helping with Harvey damage when they got the call late Tuesday night.
Around two dozen people are already on the road to Florida, and more than 50 will be flying out first thing Thursday morning.
As Hurricane Irma marches toward the mainland, Bay Area crews race to meet her on the front line.
"We initially started heading toward home and things with Irma changed. We ended up turning around," said Oakland Fire Battalion Chief James Bowron. "So we made it to New Mexico and then we got a phone call late last night."
The four rescue boats and two zodiacs, normally parked in an Oakland warehouse never made it back. Equipment has already been shipped out.
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