COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — After the destruction of Hurricane Helene and anticipated landfall of Hurricane Milton, the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department, firefighter Chad Matchell and K-9 Scout from Idaho Disaster Dogs Search and Rescue team deployed Sunday to assist with hurricane recovery efforts on the East Coast.
According to a social media post from the Washington State Task Force-1 FEMA team, Matchell and Scout are among a team that left Sunday to assist in either Florida or North Carolina.
Four lineworkers from Kootenai Electric Cooperative began their journey Tuesday to go to Fort Myers, Fla., to help ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall.
The KEC crew will join forces with crews from Lee County Electric Cooperative as they work to restore any electrical damage sustained during the hurricane.
LCEC requested a line construction crew with equipment including a boom truck and bucket trucks to set poles and string wires for power restoration.
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