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Local firefighter-paramedic heads to Texas to help with disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey

Mark Widlund has joined 65 other medical professionals to help treat hurricane victims

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Firefighter-paramedic Mark Widlund (right), pictured here with Camas-Washougal Battalion Chief Mark Ervin (left) at a Sept. 11, 2014 memorial service, recently deployed to Texas to help with disaster relief efforts. (Post-Record file photo)

A local firefighter-paramedic is assisting with hurricane disaster relief efforts in Texas this week.

Mark Widlund, a member of the Camas-Washougal Fire Department for the past 14 years, deployed on Saturday, Aug. 26, and joined a team of 65 other medical professionals as part of the federal government’s National Disaster Medical System.

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