Members of Miami-Dade County’s Water and Sewer Department will travel to portions of southwest Florida on Friday to assist in the recovery efforts for Hurricane Ian.
More than 20 water utility professionals will travel to Fort Myers Beach to assist the city in repairing damage to the infrastructure and re-establish water service.
“We will go through and isolate sections of their community, get one section at a time fixed, reestablish water pressure there and move to another section," said Miami-Dade WASD Director Roy Coley.
Miami-Dade WASD will continue to help provide recovery support in the coming weeks to portions of the state where the Category 4 storm struck on September 28.
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“Water is life, water is essential and this crew volunteered to go over there and live in a trailer and try to restore water," said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
The team will work for seven days before returning to Miami. A second team will then be sent to the area.
It’s the latest efforts from first responders in the county to help those in need across the Sunshine State.
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A caravan of Miami-Dade police officers left the parking lot of Hard Rock Stadium Wednesday to drive to Southwest Florida’s and help those affected by Ian.
MDPD Director Alfredo Ramirez III said more than 50 Miami-Dade officers went to Charlotte County ready to assist in the recovery efforts as needed.
Ramirez said many of the officers specialize in quick tactical responses, like building searches and they’re not coming empty handed.
“They have a whole bunch of tools,” said Ramirez. “They have wood, heavy machinery, equipment that’s designed to get the roof stabilized, electric saws, things of that nature.”
The officers are experienced with hurricane response and were previously deployed to the Florida Keys during Hurricane Irma.
