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\nSearch and rescue teams from across the country helped rescue people trapped following the Mayfield tornado and devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\nSearch and rescue teams from across the country helped rescue people trapped following the Mayfield tornado and devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Local search and rescue workers also raced to those scenes.<\/p>\n
Kentucky is the only state in the south without a state-organized search and rescue team.<\/p>\n
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed into law a plan to create a permanent state-organized search and rescue program.<\/p>\n
It took 10 years to get the idea through the legislature. Its goal is to speed up Kentucky search and rescue teams when they are needed.<\/p>\n
Deadly tornadoes and floods ravaged both ends of Kentucky in the last year and a half. Search and rescue teams from across the country poured into the state to help save lives.<\/p>\n
Firefighters across the state responded to those massive natural disasters, but it can take half a day to get organized. This law wants to cut that time down to an hour.<\/p>\n
A state-organized response can get rescuers on the ground faster.<\/p>\n
Kentucky\u2019s search and rescue team won\u2019t be off the ground immediately.<\/p>\n
The state needs to hire someone to run the program.<\/p>\n
Then the work begins.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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