The Boone County Fire Protection District responded with specialty teams to flooding in Reynolds and Iron counties.

The Missouri National Guard airlifted campers and staff stranded by flash flooding Friday at Camp Taum Sauk in Lesterville.

The team was equipped with swift water rescue capabilities and six search canines, three tasked with finding live humans' scents and three assigned to detect human remains.

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The Helicopter Search and Rescue Team worked with the Missouri Air National Guard to assist with aerial rescues such as the evacuation of more than 200 campers and staff from Camp Taum Sauk, according to the release.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe activated Missouri troops in response to 12 inches of rainfall or more accumulating overnight across parts of Crawford, Iron, Madison, Reynolds and Wayne counties, according to previous KOMU 8 coverage.

The Disaster Situational Assessment and Reconnaissance team provided response leaders with aerial reconnaissance, disaster mapping and live video from small unmanned aircraft systems and geographic information system technology.

These specialized teams' deployments represent the district's aim to assist with statewide disasters "beyond Boone County when other jurisdictions need them," according to the release.

"This historic flooding required the response of multiple specialty disaster response elements provided by the Boone County Fire Protection District and Missouri Task Force 1 in support of the state's coordinated flood response," said Fire Chief Doug Westhoff in the release.

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