Grand River Dam Authority Police Officers, as well as firemen from the Pryor, Adair and Locust Grove Departments, along with members of Mayes County Emergency Management, left for the Houston area on Monday morning to help provide swift water rescue resources in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
According to the GRDA, the crews will be staged near San Antonio, Texas, but are expected to work primarily near Houston. This Mayes County contingent is one of many from across Oklahoma headed for Texas in response to a support request from the state of Texas to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM).
PHOTOS:
Hurricane Harvey Team 1:
Grand River Dam Authority Police Officers and firemen from Pryor, Locust Grove and Adair departments (all in Mayes County) discuss plans for their trip to the Houston, Texas- area to assist with swift water rescue efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. This contingent left Pryor Monday morning (August 28), headed for staging near San Antonio.
Hurricane Harvey Team 2:
Grand River Dam Authority Police Officers and firemen from Pryor, Locust Grove and Adair departments (all in Mayes County) line up for a photo before heading out to the San Antonio, Texas area where they will stage before providing swift water rescues assistance in the Houston-area. The crew is one of several from Oklahoma that has headed to Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Hurricane Harvey Team 4:
GRDA Chief of Law Enforcement Brian Edwards runs through his checklist prior to leaving with other members of a Mayes County crew headed to provide swift water rescue assistance in Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Edwards, along with other GRDA Police Officers and members of the Pryor, Locust Grove and Adair Fire Departments left Pryor on Monday morning (August 28).
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