>> I received a request from New Hanover Emergency Operations Center,
and they requested to see if we had space
to host a task force from Indiana.
Due to the nature of the storm, we agreed to open our facility
to help them stage and conduct search and rescues in the community.
>> Working with the CBP here has been fantastic.
There's only two personnel so far here from their team;
I understand there's more on their way.
But the two that are here have gone way out of their way
to provide everything we need.
>> A staging area like this very important.
It gives the responders a nice, safe, secure environment
so they can go out, conduct their operations,
come back, rest up, and go back out the next day.
The partnership with FEMA is, you know, they are one of the DHS components,
so we are more than happy to support, whether it's FEMA Main,
or one of their task forces to come in.
We're all here to help the community; that is our number one priority.