Nevada Task Force 1 heading to Texas to provide aid after flooding
A Nevada Task Force 1 member grabs his personal belongings before deploying to Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. The team consists of 47 emergency responders from across departments, and is headed to Kerr County, Texas, to perform search-and-rescue operations after devastating floods hit the area on July 4. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Task Force 1 members wheel search and rescue boats into a trailer as the team prepares to deploy to Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. The team consists of 47 emergency responders from across departments, and is headed to Kerr County, Texas, to perform search-and-rescue operations after devastating floods hit the area on July 4. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Members of Nevada Task Force 1 pack their personal belongings as they prepare to deploy to Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. The team consists of 47 emergency responders from across departments, and is headed to Kerr County, Texas, to perform search-and-rescue operations after devastating floods hit the area on July 4. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Human Remains Detection (HRD) dog waits as Nevada Task Force 1 prepares to deploy to Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. The team consists of 47 emergency responders from across departments, and is headed to Kerr County, Texas, to perform search-and-rescue operations after devastating floods hit the area on July 4. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Task Force 1 members secure crates of supplies before they deploy to Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. The team consists of 47 emergency responders from across departments, and is headed to Kerr County, Texas, to perform search-and-rescue operations after devastating floods hit the area on July 4. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A FEMA jacket hangs over a seat in a van headed to Texas with Nevada Task Force 1 on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. The team consists of 47 emergency responders from across departments, and is headed to Kerr County, Texas, to perform search-and-rescue operations after devastating floods hit the area on July 4. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Task Force 1 team leader Matthew Gordon speaks to the 47-person team about to deploy to Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Nevada Task Force 1 team gathers for a briefing before shipping out to to Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the task force’s warehouse in North Las Vegas. The team consists of 47 emergency responders from across departments, and is headed to Kerr County, Texas, to perform search-and-rescue operations after devastating floods hit the area on July 4. Nevada Task Force 1 received mobilization orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) earlier this afternoon, and is expected to arrive in San Antonio by Wednesday evening. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Water rises from severe flooding along the Guadalupe River.in Kerr County, Texas on Friday, July 4, 2025. (KSAT via AP)
First responders and volunteers do search and rescue work on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, after the Fourth of July flood. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Updated July 9, 2025 - 12:06 am
Nevada Task Force 1 is heading to Texas on Tuesday night after receiving orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide aid with search, rescue and recovery operations in Kerr County after devastating flooding over the July 4th weekend, according to a Clark County press release.
The team consisting of 47 emergency responders is expected to arrive in San Antonio, Texas, by Wednesday evening. The task force is driving to Texas with pickup trucks, 18-wheelers and support vehicles loaded with gear and equipment, the release said.
Nevada Task Force 1, also referred to as the Urban Search and Rescue Team, includes doctors, paramedics, structural engineers, communications specialists and logistics technicians. Some of the agencies involved are the Clark County Fire Department, the Las Vegas Fire Department, the Henderson Fire Department, and the North Las Vegas Fire Department.
NV-TF1 is sponsored by the Clark County Fire Department, and FEMA pays for task force deployments, the press release states.
Contact Arlette Yousif at ayousif@reviewjournal.com and follow her on Instagram at @arletteyousif.
