Mooresville Fire & Rescue Deploy To Aid Hurricane Rescue Effort

MOORESVILLE, NC — Members of Mooresville Fire & Rescue Swiftwater Rescue Team have deployed to coastal North Carolina to assist in water rescue efforts.

“After a day in Kinston and a night at the Comfort VFD Mooresville Fire Rescue Swiftwater team split in half and placed in Trenton and Pollocksville to ride out the storm and help the great citizens of eastern North Carolina,” Mooresville Fire & Rescue said Thursday.

Rescue operations around the coastal region were expected Friday as the category 1 hurricane continued on its northern track. Friday morning, as Hurricane Dorian officially made landfall near Hatteras, an estimated 800 residents remained trapped on Ocracoke Island from rising storm surge and flood waters as the storm continued to batter the Outer Banks and northeastern North Carolina with heavy wind and rain.

“There is significant concern about hundreds of people trapped on Ocracoke Island,” Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday morning. “There are rescue teams ready as soon as they can get in,” he said.

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Davidson firefighters also deployed to eastern North Carolina earlier this week. Davidson Fire Department's Deputy Chief Joel Cherry, Captain Steve Pritchard, Deputy Chief Ryan Monteith, and Firefighter Mike Cox deployed with Charlotte Fire Department Tuesday morning, according to a town spokesperson.

"As always, we work to maintain a safe community here in Davidson, but also constantly work across the state to lend a hand when it may be needed," spokesperson Amanda Preston told Patch.

SEE ALSO:

• Hurricane Dorian: Hundreds Trapped By Flooding On Ocracoke Island
• Hurricane Dorian's Friday Path Takes It Through NC, Toward MA
• Hurricane Dorian: Tweets, Photos From Outer Banks
• Hurricane Dorian: Ocracoke Island Hit Hard