Had a few calls...no reason to go to bed now...
We had a letter at the station from FEMA wanting 1000 2-man career firefighter teams to go to the hurricane-striken areas..it says you must be physically fit, "capable of living in austere, severe living conditions with minimal or no creature comforts for a period of at least 30 days", and basically bring everything you need that can be carried in a backpack. There's a screening process so I don't know how long it will be to get people deployed but am assuming that this is part of a long term solution.
So far, no one at this station is doing this but Indiana also is calling out for similar teams for a 2 week period.
