Mansfield Firefighters Back From Hurricane Sandy in New York
Mansfield Firefighter Bruce Naslund went down to help the area after Hurricane Sandy.
Mansfield Firefighter Bruce Naslund just returned this week from providing relief and aid to the hard hit areas of Hurricane Sandy. He said it was a strange scene for him, as it is not an area he’s done that kind of work in before. “You know we think of that area as not being prone to hurricanes,” he said. “It was a shock.” Naslund is a member of the Federal Emergency Management Association’s [FEMA] Urban Search and Rescue Team. He said he’s done search and rescue operations for several different storms, including Hurricane Katrina, the Western Massachusetts Tornadoes and Tropical Storm Irene. “We were mostly deployed in New York,” he said. “We did a lot of well-being checks, you know, to make sure everyone was OK.” Naslund said they …
