11 February 2009

CAP: Missouri Wing helps in wake of ice storm

The Missouri Wing of the Civil Air Patrol was mobilized last month to provide disaster relief aid to Malden, an area affected by the ice storm, Tom Baker, public affairs officer for the Springfield-Branson Civil Air Patrol Squadron, said in a news release.

More than two dozen senior and cadet Civil Air Patrol members arrived in Malden on Jan. 30 to perform health and wellness checks on residents in the area, Baker said. They checked residents for the need for medical treatment, and made sure they had food and water as well as some method of keeping warm during power outages.
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