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AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Fire Department dispatched an additional four-person crew to Louisiana to swap roles with AFD firefighters helping with relief efforts for Hurricane Ida. The original crew of nine stayed in Louisiana for 19 days before returning to Austin on Monday.
9 members of the Austin Fire Department are in from Hurricane Ida. affected areas
The four AFD members who have taken on the duties of AFD Engine 78 include Lieutenants Kier Nixon, Mike Scott, Dave Dickerson and Fire Specialist Brian Wolske. They are currently stationed in Bayou Cane, Louisiana, performing their first assignments in the procession for a fallen police officer.
Duties that AFD Engine 78 members helped with included distributing relief supplies to the devastation Ida left behind and working with the Red Cross to distribute care kits.
When several rescue workers left Texas earlier this week, Ken Himel, fire chief of the Bayou Cane Fire Protection District, thanked them in a message on Facebook.
“Although we speak of brotherhood in the fire department, they came here as strangers,” wrote Himel. “Today they left as a FAMILY! I cannot thank the members of Texas Task Force 123 enough. They were absolutely top notch firefighters who got it. They are the most selfless people I have ever worked with. The greatest compliment you can get in the fire department is when someone says: ‘I would fight fire with you every day!’ On behalf of all of us at BCFD, we would fight fire with you every day! “
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