Volunteer firefighters from Mexico helped Texas flood victims
A group of volunteers from Mexico were among the people who helped the search and recovery mission. floods Kerr County is in the center of Texas at the weekend of Four July.
Fundación 911, a non -profit organization that provides equipment and training to firefighters in Mexico, sent a team of 40 members to support the local first intervention teams. The Mexican border city Ciudad Acuña -based group was founded in 2023.
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On the morning of July 4, heavy rain caused the waters of the Guadalupe River to rise rapidly, which led to deadly flashes that killed at least 132 people, and 160 people were still missing.
Ismael Aldaba, the president and founder of Fundación 911, said that the organization of Times mobilized after learning the destruction of volunteers from Mexico’s Coahuila and Nuevo León states. Within 12 hours, a group of 13 firefighters came to the center of Texas, and others joined them for their time in the state.
Texas Game Warden and Texas State Police from Ciudad Acuna and Hunt are Fundacion 911 members working together in Texas.
(Ismael Aldaba / Fundación 911)
“We learned once [Kerr County was] The impressed, we knew we had to come here. We knew this was a duty to come and help our brothers. ”
Volunteers sent by Fundación 911 are specialized in recovery of people from fast -moving water, and are among the international certificate and several firefighters in Mexico at Swift Water Rescue. The group also brought K9s that perceived cadaver to help the field search.
“We just [wanted] Make sure we can work as fast as we can and try to make some progress with everything [had] To do it, ”Aldaba added.
Forción 911 worked with 400 first intervention and volunteer from various agencies and organizations.
“When searching and rescue, how many people are on the ground, the better,” he said.
Aldaba said that the group felt appreciated by the inhabitants of Texas Hill Country during their weekly time in Kerr County, and that the mountain house firefighters opened their doors to fire houses and let them stay with them. Wherever they go, community members from stores to restaurants do not allow volunteers from Mexico to pay for anything.
“There was a courtesy from this area, Ald said Aldaba. “Something we get.”
Every day News Conference on July 8Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum recognized the work of Facación 911 by thanking each member of the team.
“This is our culture. We Mexicans are always supportive and brothers. It is the essence of the Mexican people who risk and risk their lives. This is Humanism, Spanish said.
