The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) activated the 45-member Pennsylvania-Task Force 1 for Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28.
PATF-1 was originally sent to Columbia, South Carolina, to stage for potential impacts from Hurricane Ian.
Once it was realized that South Carolina did not need support, the team was transferred to Florida. Two additional support personnel from PATF-1 were activated on Oct. 1, the release said. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf greeting Pennsylvania Task Force 1 member Roseann DeLuca and her dogs. Gov. Tom Wolf welcomed home members of Pennsylvania Task Force 1 from their two-week deployment to Florida to support communities ravaged by Hurricane Ian and thanked them for their heroic efforts. October 12, 2022 - Philadelphia, PA
The PATF-1 team operated predominantly in the Fort Myers Beach area, conducting wide area searches to look for survivors and human remains in what has been one of the deadliest hurricanes in Florida and U.S. history. Their last operation period was working on Sanibel Island, doing the same search and rescue work.
PATF-1 is one of 28 teams that are part of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System and is a federal resource that can quickly be mobilized to deploy to incidents anywhere in the country.
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