Fairfax Urban Search and Rescue Team Departs for Hurricane Sandy Recovery Effort
The Virginia Task Force One team is en route to Fort Dix, N.J., as it prepares to respond to destruction after Hurricane Sandy.
Before Fairfax County's world-renowned Urban Search and Rescue Team assists in major disasters — such as Hurricane Sandy — there is a lot of preparing and waiting involved. Much of that occurs in a nondescript industrial-style building in Chantilly. On Monday morning, the 80-member team — many of whom had been up through much of the night — prepared to deploy to Fort Dix, N.J., to assist in recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. They departed on buses shortly before noon, and only found out minutes before leaving where they would be going to wait for recovery efforts. The amount of time they'll be gone is still unknown, and will largely depend on how long the hurricane lasts. "We expect to be gone from two days to 14 days…
