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Nebraska Task Force 1 Returns from Texas

Nebraska Task Force 1 Returns from Texas

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Nebraska Task Force 1 is packing up and leaving Texas after helping with rescue efforts in wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Lincoln Fire Battalion Chief Brad Thavenet leads the task force, and says they are heading back to Nebraska, unless they are needed in wake of the next big storm: Hurricane Irma. . .

Thavenet says he got a chance to speak with many of the members as they prepared to leave…and says all are in good spirits. . .

Nebraska Task Force 1 helped rescue more than 15-Hundred residents.

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