California Conservation Corps members helping Florida recover from hurricanes

FRENSO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California Conservation Corps subordinate Khyri Rabb is gathering the instrumentality helium needs to assistance those affected by Hurricane Milton.

"Some of the cogwheel we'll beryllium using. Since I'll beryllium operating a chainsaw, I'll person to deterioration immoderate chaps," Rabb said.

Rabb is 1 of respective Corp Members successful Fresno who are expected to question to Florida, focusing connected Hillsborough and Pinellas counties successful the Sunshine State.

Other crews from Sacramento and San Diego are besides headed to help.

Video obtained by Action News gives a birds' oculus presumption of homes submerged successful water.

The deployment is portion of an authorization from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Natural Resources Agency.

"We're doing a batch of mucking and gutting wherever we're similar helping these homeowners wide retired these homes that person been damaged,"

Rabb says helium responded to astatine slightest 4 wildfires this year, but this is the furthest clip he'll question for a job.

He says he's been leaning connected his chap corp members for enactment starring up to the deployment.

"Everyone that got the telephone said yes, they're acceptable to go. And so, arsenic agelong arsenic they're acceptable and encouraged, I'm encouraged too, it helps," helium said.

Rabb volition beryllium gone for astatine slightest 30 days, and though that's the longest clip he's been distant from home, he's anxious to assistance those impacted by the devastating hurricane.

"We signed up to assistance people. Help is help," Rabb said. "Whether you're acold oregon adjacent to home, that's what we signed up for, that's what I signed up for. And to beryllium capable to bash that, that's thing I'm grateful for."

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