As Hurricane Ian approaches Florida's gulf coast, 45 responders from Texas A&M Task Force 1 arrived in Florida Tuesday night.
The team includes crews from the Austin and Round Rock Fire Departments, as well as Austin-Travis County EMS.
"We want to make sure to do as much as we can to help the citizens of Florida," said Saunders. "They’ve come to our state to help us for a lot of different events. So our folks are returning the favor."All the news you need to know, every day
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