Maxwell, and Dave Carpenter, Jr., New Castle County's Emergency Management Coordinator, had worked earlier in the day to make sure the unit was prepared for the eventuality of being called out with predictions of heavy rains, flash flooding, and storms from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Initially, a group of 17 volunteers split into two teams headed to Pennsylvania where Maxwell said they faced heavy rain and flooded roadways, making it difficult to get from call to call.
"We probably made about eight calls," said Maxell. "It doesn't seem like a lot but it took us a long time to navigate the areas, to get around the roads that were flooded. So each call we were going to it was probably a half hour, 45 minutes just to get to it."