As the Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Laura, the Biloxi Fire Department is already preparing to provide assistance to those affected by the storm.
- - as the gulf coast braces for- - - - hurricane laura, the biloxi fir- department is already preparing- to provide- assistance to those affected by- the storm.- around four o'clock this- afternoon, deputy chief nick- geiser and firefighters cameron- whiteside and - chuck parker from biloxi fire - department deployed to- baton rouge to pre-stage- hurricane relief.
- as soon as the storm passes, th- three b-f-d members and the - rest of their group will focus- on search and rescue missions - in the impacted areas.- in addition to sending- personnel, the biloxi fire- museum has started a go fund me- account to raise funds- for biloxi fire's annual relief- trip.
- - joe boney, biloxi fire chief: - "the purpose for pushing the go fund-me- account is because our normal - fundraising projects- that we do throughout the year- have been severely hampered by- covid, the pandemic.- and we simply haven't been to d- the fundraisers, so our funds - are a lot lower - than they normally would be.
Th- community always steps up.
They- help us - and we bring a little bit of- biloxi to the communities that- - - - are hurt."
"part of our missio is not just for helping to clea- up, but to let them know we've- - - - been there.
We've been through- huricanes.
We've been through - katrina.- we've been through a lot of - hurricanes.
But we come back, - better and stronger.
And- they can, too.
It's just going- to take time."
If you would like to donate to- the hurricane laura relief trip- you - can find the go fund me link on- biloxi fire department's- facebook page or by going to go- fund me dot com slash biloxi- fire
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