COLUMBIA â A week after the partial collapse of a Miami Beach-area condo building, rescue crews resumed their search Thursday for over 100 people still unaccounted for. While the search continues, Missouri Task Force 1 is staying prepared for any potential deployments.Â
Missouri Task Force 1 is one of 28 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue forces in the country. Its job is to assist in the search and rescue operations across the state and country.
The force was created in 1995 and had its first national mission following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Since then, it has gone on 20 federal missions.
Missouri Task Force 1 keeps its trucks loaded in case of emergency.
COLUMBIA â The Boone County Fire Protection District (BCFPD) responded to a large barn fire that left several animals dead in northeast Columbia Sunday evening.Â
Fourteen firefighters were on the scene and able to extinguish the fire by around 6:30 p.m. Smoke from the fire could be seen from a mile away.
BCFPD said in a tweet that the barn was fully involved when units arrived at the scene around 4:40 p.m.Â
BCFPD working a large barn fire in the 11700 block of Zaring Road in eastern Boone County. Units found one barn fully involved. Still working to put out the fire pic.twitter.com/e1g4vZ56Cw Boone County Fire (@BooneCountyFire) February 21, 2021