Maryland Task Force 1 Urban Search Rescue Team, deployed on Sept. 11 to flood-ravaged North and South Carolina, returned home Tuesday night.
The team comprises 80 members, including those with heavy concrete structure collapse, wide-area search and swift-water rescue capabilities, according to a news release.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency trains and manages MD-TF1, which includes technical staff, doctors and firefighters.
FEMA operates 28 Task Force units across the country. Meanwhile, the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team has left for the areas hit by Hurricane Florence.
According to Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services, the MD-HART team has rescued about 21 people around Wilmington, North Carolina, evacuating them to casualty collection points.