Members of Task Force 3 save American flag for owner outside destroyed Camp Fire home

California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 3, sponsored by the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, is one of eight California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CAL-OES) and 28 National Response Teams sponsored by FEMA. Team members took the  time to respectfully take down and save an American Flag for the owner of a destroyed home they may never meet, in the Community of Magalia during the Camp Fire.

Pictured (left) Captain John Wurdinger, Menlo Park Fire Protection District (Search Team Manager) and (right) Engineer Katie Roberts, Santa Clara County Fire Department (Medical Specialist).

The flag was folded and put in the mail box by Engineer Tim Houweling, Mountain View Fire Department. The photograph was taken by San Jose Fire’s Shawn Tacklind.

Photo Credit Task Force 3