Vancouver's contribution to the recovery effort in Calgary got a little bigger today.
Team Leader Jim Young says the boosted contingent of Vancouver's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team departed from this city at 6:30 this morning.
"The task force in Calgary asked for more help from our task force, and so right now we've got 20 more members of our team coming to complement the 30, we actually have 36 on the ground now."
The team comprises firefighters, engineers, cops, park board staff and paramedics.
Young was speaking on the CKNW Weekend Morning News with Jill Bennett.