GFR District Chief deploys to Texas with Florida USAR Task Force 8
Published on July 09, 2025
Florida USAR Task Force 8 is a team of firefighters from GFR, Marion County Fire Rescue and Ocala Fire Rescue, who have specialized training in urban, wilderness and flood-related search and rescue. The team was activated earlier this week following a formal request for assistance from Texas through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a mutual aid agreement among states.