FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Team Rubicon Deploys Team to Tornado-Stricken Alabama LOS ANGELES – Team Rubicon has activated a hybrid team of volunteers to respond to the tornado-stricken disaster area in Alabama. The team will focus entirely on clean-up efforts and will have no medical mandate for this mission. This initial team will consist of 8-10 military veteran and firefighter volunteers and will rally in the next 24 hours to then proceed to the hardest hit areas. Once on the ground in the region, Team Rubicon will join forces with local aid groups to determine and provide assistance where needed most. This effort is part of a broader Team Rubicon initiative, called Team Rubicon Transition, that will engage returning veterans in disaster relief projects such as this. Different from its previous international missions, responding to domestic natural disaster crises in the United States allows for a larger number of interested volunteers, specifically veterans, to take part in the good work Team Rubicon provides. The unique set of skills of returning veterans paired with those of first responders create a dream team of sorts for disaster response.

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About Team Rubicon

Team Rubicon bridges the critical time gap between large natural disasters and conventional aid response. They provide vanguard medical care by fielding small, self-sustaining, mobile teams of skilled first-responders, including combat veterans, firefighter/paramedics, and medical personnel. To deploy rapidly, they rely heavily on horizontal command structure, social networking technology, and the employment of local nationals. For more about Team Rubicon, visit www.teamrubiconusa.org Editor’s Note

Jake Wood, Team Rubicon President and Co-founder, will be traveling with the team to Alabama and is available for interview. Media Contact Kristin Robinson (913) 568-8043 robinson@teamrubiconusa.org