L.A. Fire Rescue Team Poised To Leave For Haiti To Aid Earthquake Victims

L.A. Fire Rescue Team Poised To Leave For Haiti To Aid Earthquake Victims

An L.A. County Fire Department search-and-rescue team is packed and ready to go to Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Caribbean island nation, officials said this morning.

The 72-member heavy rescue task force received a request for help Tuesday from the U.S. Agency for International Development and is waiting at a staging area in Pacoima while authorities finalize the logistical details of the deployment, said county Fire Inspector Frederic Stowers.

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