Austin fire deploying squad to Beaumont to help during Tropical Storm Barry
When members of an
"It just kept coming," said
Baker was one of a six-person team that headed to
The team is bringing along two swift water rescue boats, which are made of inflatable rubber and have a 40-horsepower motor, and other supplies to be able to stay in the area for up to two weeks, Layton said. The team is also prepared to go to
"We will go until the mission's complete," he said.
During Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Layton said an
"It was just a lot of water. A lot of people needed evacuations, a lot of people needed help and we just worked and worked and worked," Layton said.
But Layton said his team is prepared for Tropical Storm Barry, even though there's no way to tell just how much water it could bring to
"This is what we train for," he said. "Every time we go out, we learn things that we can do better or we take those experiences and apply them to the next operation that's going on."
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