Local first responders ready to head to Louisiana to help with hurricane damage recovery

Local first responders ready to head to Louisiana to help with hurricane damage recovery

People have died.

Tonight - team members from all across north alabama are on standby ready to head to help those affected by hurricane laura.

Waay 31's sophia borrelli shows us how the alabama urban search and rescue task force 3 team is prepping.

Right now a team of 21 people from agencies across north alabama - are ready to go to the southern coast - i saw the truck packed with things the team may need like water and other supplies."

Vo: this is a look at one of the trucks and trailers - full of supplies ready to go when that call comes.

Right now - the spokesperson for the team tells me fire and rescue teams from madison, decatur, fort payne, and guntersville fire and rescue are ready to respond within a 2 hour notice.

Anita burnett, marshall county ema director: "we are ready to go if they need us and that's what we've been doing is sitting ready on standby should they need additional assets to help them on search and rescue or swift water rescue."

Sophia looklive: "the marshall county e-m-a director also told me - the team is put together from different agencies so that there is enough people to also respond locally to an emergency situation.

In guntersville - sophia borrelli waay