Mayor travels to Fort Myers to deliver supplies, coordinate county response

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Mayor travels to Fort Myers to deliver supplies, coordinate county response
The mayor visited members of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Urban Search and Rescue Florida Taskforce 1, who’d been deployed to Southwest Florida.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava recently traveled to Fort Myers, in the wake of Hurricane Ian, to deliver critical supplies for the search and rescue team, assess damage, meet with local officials and determine how Miami-Dade County can best assist with recovery and rebuilding efforts.

“Miami-Dade is all too familiar with the destruction and disruption a hurricane of this magnitude can bring, and we know that — if the situation were reversed — we’d receive support from all of our neighboring counties and beyond. In times of need, I’m proud that our humanity shines bright,” said Mayor Levine Cava. “I’m extremely proud of the men and women of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, who have been working day and night in difficult conditions to bring relief to our neighbors in the barrier islands that were decimated by this storm.”

The mayor first visited members of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Urban Search and Rescue Florida Taskforce 1, who’d been deployed to Southwest Florida just hours after the storm had moved through the area. She then met with Lee County Administrator Roger Desjarlais to review coordinating plans and determine areas of need Miami-Dade can fill.

Mayor Levine Cava then went to the supply staging site managed by the Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) to assist in the organization and distribution of supplies, where the organizers reported a total of 24 trucks so far have delivered donations valued well over $1 million.

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