DCNR/PEMA Sending 9 Member Team To Emergency Staging Area In NJ To Prepare For Hurricane Irma; PA Responds To 3rd Natural Disaster

In response to a request from federal emergency response agencies, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the PA Emergency Management Agency  Wednesday are sending a 9 member team to Fort Dix in New Jersey to help handle emergency supplies supporting the federal response to Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean.
          The request was made through the U.S. Forest Service and the Federal Emergency Management  Agency.  There will be 6 DCNR Bureau of Forestry staff and 3 from PEMA.
          The team will gather at 11:00 a.m. today and the PEMA Special Ops Center, 100 Pine Drive in Harrisburg.
           The team expects to be deployed for up to 14 days.
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