Missouri Task Force 1 arrives in Kentucky to help clean up tornado damage

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Missouri Task Force 1 arrived in Kentucky around 3 a.m. Monday. The team was deployed in response to the devastating tornados that struck the state on Friday evening.

Task Force 1 was activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy as a type III task force and join Indiana Task Force 1, Tennessee Task Force 1 and Ohio Task Force 1.

Once MO-TF1 arrives in staging, it will receive a mission assignment based on local needs.  

Missouri Task Force 1 has also deployed three members as part of a FEMA Incident Support Team. These three members are filling the roles of Operations Section Chief, Situation Unit Leader and Division/Group Supervisor. 

Task Force 1 will deploy within three hours as a Type III team which includes 35 personnel, 10 ground support personnel with over 100,000 pounds of equipment.

The task force will be headed to Murray State University to stage and await its mission assignment.

Missouri Task Force 1 left the Boone County Fire Protection District Headquarters in Columbia just around 7:30 p.m. Sunday.