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Last updated on Tuesday, January 26, 2016
(SOUTH BEND) - An Indiana Department of Homeland Security incident management team (IMT) from Northern Indiana will begin traveling to Maryland Monday night for a seven-day deployment to assist the City of Baltimore with severe weather affecting the region.
The IDHS deployment is a Type 3 IMT comprised of members from IDHS districts 1, 2 and 3.
"Hoosiers' first thoughts are nearly always, 'How can I help?' " said Indiana Governor Mike Pence. "The willingness of local public safety professionals to help others goes well beyond the borders of our state. Indiana is in a strong position to lend assistance and resources to our neighbors in need, and I applaud the team for its commitment to service."
The IDHS IMT will assist the City of Baltimore with logistics, mission tracking, resource logging and staging area operations.
The following individuals are members of the IMT:
A Type 3 IMT is a multi-jurisdictional team used for extended incidents that is formed and managed at the local, state or tribal level. Type 3 IMTs are deployed as a team of 10-20 trained personnel representing multiple disciplines from different departments, organizations, agencies and jurisdictions who manage complex incidents requiring a significant number of local, state or tribal resources.
IDHS District 1 is comprised of Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties. IDHS District 2 is comprised of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, Pulaski and Fulton counties. IDHS District 3 is comprised of LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, DeKalb, Whitley, Allen, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Wells and Adams counties. For a district map, go to http://www.in.gov/dhs/2797.htm.
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