More Missouri Task Force 1 members deploy to Florida for Hurricane Michael aftermath

The Federal Emergency Management Agency activated 12 Human Remains Detection Canine Search teams to Florida Saturday night, and three of those teams will come from Missouri Task Force 1.

The Boone County Fire Protection District posted an update about MO-TF1 on its Facebook page late Saturday night.

The post said that on Friday, MO-TF1 continued to perform search and rescue operations in Panama City, Florida. The team evacuated one resident, completed wellness checks on 926 residents who decided to stay in their homes, and provided assistance to 13 residents.

MO-TF1 also assessed 928 structures for damage and searched 42 vehicles.

On Saturday, the team started work at 8 a.m in an area north and west of Panama City. Members searched a rural area where many of the homes had been isolated since Hurricane Michael blew through.

The team completed wellness checks on 125 residents who stayed in their homes, and provided assistance to five of them.

MO-TF1 performed damage assessments on 187 structures on Saturday.

The team headed back to their base of operations in the parking lot of the Panama City Mall at 2 p.m., and moved to a new base of operations on the Gulf Coast Community College campus.

Once they got to the college campus, they were able to take showers and eat a hot meal for the first time since Thursday morning.

MO-TF1 will head north to Jackson County on Sunday morning. The team will report to the Emergency Operation Center in Marianna, Florida, to receive their assignments for the day.

MO-TF1’s Human Remains Detection Canine Search teams will head to Florida at 7 a.m. Sunday, to assist ground search teams during their operations.