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								<p>WASHINGTON — Boats, logistical expertise, specialized equipment and Red Cross volunteers are among the local resources in Texas assisting flood victims.</p>
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</div>Montgomery County plus Fairfax County have sent their specialized urban search and rescue teams to help. The teams left Sunday night and were expected to arrive Monday afternoon.</p>
<p>&#8220;We deployed a 14-member detachment from our Urban Search and Rescue Team, which is known as Virginia Task Force 1, to the Houston area,&#8221; said Charles Ryan, assistant fire chief with the Fairfax County Fire &amp; Rescue Department.</p>
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<p>The Fairfax County team will assist with water rescues using seven boats. Maryland Task Force 1 team members from Montgomery County are in Texas serving in three capacities.</p>
<p>Dozens of team members are deployed along with six boats for water rescues. They will also provide incident management and help with logistics of Federal Emergency Management Agency resources. They will also assist with any hazardous materials.</p>
<p>Montgomery County is one of eight such teams nationwide that has specialized equipment for hazardous materials.</p>
<p>&#8220;In a flooding situation, there&#8217;s a lot of contamination,&#8221; said Pete Piringer, spokesman for Montgomery County Fire &amp; Rescue.</p>
<p>&#8220;The hazmat team will assist urban search and rescue teams with the hazardous things that they come across,&#8221; Piringer said.</p>
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The American Red Cross National Capital Region has sent about 18 volunteers to either Texas or Louisiana, spokesman Nathan DeVault said.</p>
<p>Fresh Red Cross volunteers will cycle into flood-ravaged areas every two weeks. Fire department teams also are deployed for 14 days.</p>
<p>Flooding and subsequent issues in and around Texas could be a long-term event, but both Virginia and Maryland&#8217;s task forces have additional resources and manpower that could be deployed if needed.</p>
<p>While the Task Force teams are away from home, local fire departments will support their families.</p>
<p>&#8220;We take great care in making sure that the family members are taken care of when the team is deployed,&#8221; Piringer said. “The kids get to school and get to the doctors, get to soccer practice, the grass gets cut — whatever — so the team members don&#8217;t have to worry about that.”</p>
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     //When a Tout video content started to play
     if ( typeof PARSELY !== "undefined" &&  typeof $ !== "undefined" ){
        var player_id = properties.player_instance_id;
        var video_id = 'tout-' + properties.tout_uid;
        var $tagdata = $('.tout-top-article');
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//            var $container = $('.tout-mid-article');
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            var $container = $('.tout-top-article');
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            var $container = $('#' + video_id + '-target');
        }
        if( typeof $container !== 'undefined') {
            if( $container.find('.tout-hook-header-title').length > 0 ){
                var video_title = $container.find('.tout-hook-header-title').text( );
            } else {
                var video_title = $tagdata.data('article-title');
            }
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            console.log( 'title: ' + video_title );
            console.log( 'thumb: ' + $container.find('#tout-video-' + player_id ).attr('poster'));
            console.log( 'timestamp: ' + $tagdata.data('pub-timestamp') );
            console.log( 'section: ' + $tagdata.data('site-section') );
            console.log( 'author: ' + $tagdata.data('article-author') );
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                    video_id,
                    {
                        title: video_title ,
                        image_url: $container.find('#tout-video-' + player_id ).attr('poster'),
                        section: $tagdata.data('site-section') ,
                        pub_date_tmsp: $tagdata.data('pub-timestamp'),
                        tags: ['Tout', properties.product_name ],
                        authors: [ $tagdata.data('article-author') ]
                    }
                 );
     }
    }
//     console.log( event_name );
//     console.log(properties);
   },
   tout_paused: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When a Tout video content started to play
     if ( typeof PARSELY !== "undefined" ){
        PARSELY.video.trackPause( 'tout-' + properties.tout_uid );
     }
     console.log( event_name );
     console.log(properties);
   },
   ad_requested: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When Tout player made a request to the ads network
   },
   ad_loaded: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When the ads network responsed succesfully with anything, may be with/without any ads
   },
   ad_ready: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When the ads network resolved an ad that is ready to be served
   },
   ad_started: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When Tout player started to play the ad, because the ad is playable
   },
   ad_completed: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When an ad is finished playing
   },
   ad_error: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When anything prevent an ad from playing, can be but not limited to any of these:
     //* failed to communicate to the ads network for any reason
     //* ads network responsed with an empty response, no ads
     //* ads network responsed with invalid/corrupted data
     //* the ad content responsed from the ads network is not playable
     //* the player crashed for any reason
   },
   product_initialized: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When the player initialization is completed and it's ready to go
     console.log( event_name );
     console.log(properties);
   }
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					  window.TOUT = window.TOUT || {};
					  window.TOUT.topArticleLoaded = function(attrs){
					    if(attrs.matchExists){
					      //$()Post-Featured-Photo
                                              if ( typeof document.getElementsByClassName('Entry-featured')[0] !== "undefined" ) {
                                                    document.getElementsByClassName('Entry-featured')[0].style.display = 'none';
                                              }				
					      console.log("There is a Tout top article match for this article.");
					    }
                                            //console.log( attrs );
					  };
					  var brandUid = '1d52bf';
					  TOUT.mapAsyncFetchApp.init(brandUid);
					  TOUT.init(brandUid);
					  TOUT.mapAsyncFetchApp.fetch();
					})();
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