District 2 Incident Management Team Still Assisting Sandy Efforts

The District 2 Incident Management Team from Indiana is still in the New York area assisting emergency management teams in clean-up efforts from Hurricane Sandy.

Public Information Officer Al Kirsits told WKVI that with the Nor’easter blowing into the area where they area stationed, the team is being moved from their Incident Command Post to a firehouse in Jericho, NY. There they will be able to be safe from the storm. They will be sleeping on cots and waiting for the storm to pass and they will help in that clean up after that storm and continue in their current relief efforts from Hurricane Sandy.

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District 2 Incident Management Team Continues Recovery Efforts in New York

The District 2 Incident Management Team arrived in Long Beach, New York Friday morning to assist Long Beach First Responders in recovery efforts from Hurricane Sandy.

Starke County EMA Director Ted Bombagetti, who is one of the 54 members of this team and the District 7 team out of Indiana, said the Nassau County Commissioners asked that the team also help in Atlantic Beach and Lidio Beach.

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District 2 Incident Management Team Completes Mission; Awaits Redeployment

Starke County EMA Director Ted Bombagetti (L) and Sheri Gaillard assist other responders in the command center in Baltimore

The District 2 Incident Management Team’s mission in the City of Baltimore is complete. Starke County EMA Director Ted Bombagetti reported that the emergency responders will now report to a local National Guard Base where they might be redeployed to another area. Bombagetti indicated that they might go to New York to support efforts in flood ravaged areas, or to Western Maryland to help in emergency services due to blizzard conditions. Continue reading