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Colorado emergency workers head to Texas to help with flood aftermath

The deployment includes five members of the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

First responders from Colorado are heading to Texas to help with search and recovery efforts after devastating floods hit this weekend, killing more than 100 people. 

Colorado Task Force 1 consists of members from 23 agencies across the state, including Colorado Springs Fire, Black Forest Fire and Pueblo Fire. It’s based out of Lakewood’s West Metro Fire Protection District and federally funded and dispatched through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.