Junction City firefighters Adam Powers and Jason Lankas will assist the Kansas Task Force Groups with a deployment to the Florida region to assist in operations as needed in response to Hurricane Dorian.

Junction City Fire Chief Terry Johnson said Lankas, a firefighter / AEMT and Powers, a firefighter / EMTP were tasked to assist the Task Force Group from Kansas following a request from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. They will be joining personnel from Manhattan, Topeka, Wichita and other regions of Kansas.

In the time of disasters the Task Force Groups are called to assist with specialty services such as technical rescue for entrapment in structures, water rescues and specialized services including Hazardous Materials Response, Grain Entrapment Rescue, Confined Space Rescue or Ice Rescue Responses.

The Junction City Fire Department is a member of the Kansas Task Force Two, the Northeast Homeland Security Regional response team. Members of the task force are trained in structural collapse, rope rescue, confined space rescue, trench rescue and wide area search.