Tech. Sgt. Tracy Winterquist, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, moves a hose over a sandbag levee April 29 so that water can be pumped from behind the flood barrier at a rural farmstead home west of West Fargo, Winterquist is a member of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team (QRF) responding to a request from a rural resident to the Cass County emergency operations center for sandbag assistance to create a flood levee barrier blocking rising overland flood water around the house. As of April 29 there are three Quick Reaction Forces (QRFs) which are available to respo


Tech. Sgt. Tracy Winterquist, of the 119th Civil Engineer Squadron, moves a hose over a sandbag levee April 29 so that water can be pumped from behind the flood barrier at a rural farmstead home west of West Fargo, Winterquist is a member of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team (QRF) responding to a request from a rural resident to the Cass County emergency operations center for sandbag assistance to create a flood levee barrier blocking rising overland flood water around the house. As of April 29 there are three Quick Reaction Forces (QRFs) which are available to respond in Cass County, Harwood, Davenport and Kindred. Including support personnel, there are about 170 Guard members currently on flood duty in Fargo and Cass County.


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