<p>Eighty firefighters from Montgomery County, Maryland, departed for Columbia, South Carolina, early on September 12 to assist in search and rescue operations that may result from Hurricane Florence.</p><p>The firefighters were deployed at the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and departed with boats, rescue supplies and, according to local media</a>, six members of their K9 unit. They were expecting to be in South Carolina for 10 to 14 days, according to</a> a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Pete Piringer. Credit: Montgomery County (MD) Fire and Rescue via Storyful</p><br />
