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Published April 22, 2011, 06:37 PM

ND Guard Changes its Flood Control Response

The North Dakota National Guard said it is switching its flood response in the state to regional teams in a cost-cutting move as flood threats become more localized.

By: Associated Press,

  • Soldiers carrying sandbags
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    From right to left, Spc. Eric Wiederholt, Spc Joshua Lanzdorf and Spc. Randy Birchfield, all of the 815th Engineer Company, Detachment 2, based in Lisbon, N.D., carry sandbags in the rain, along a flood levee for placement in a flood barrier April 10 at a rural farmstead in Cass County, N.D. The Soldiers are members of a North Dakota National Guard quick response force team that has been sent to the rural home, which has been surrounded by miles of floodwater, by the Cass County tactical operations center. About 500 Guardsmen are currently conducting flood operations in North Dakota, with the vast majority in Cass County. (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota National Guard said it is switching its flood response in the state to regional teams in a cost-cutting move as flood threats become more localized.

The Guard said it has been operating with a major task force in Bismarck and another in Fargo. Effective Friday evening, the Guard said it would switch to six Regional Response Platforms. Each will support flood operations in a local multi-county area.

Lt. Col. Brent Naslund said as requests for Guard assistance decrease, the regional teams can offer a local response while reducing overhead costs to the state.

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