Deputies in Pinellas County offering rides out of flooded neighborhood in high-water vehicles

(NEXSTAR) – Officers with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to offer transportation from flooded areas with their high-water rescue vehicles, a press release from the department noted on Friday afternoon.

Rides are available to residents of the Lansbrook area “near Tarpon Lake Boulevard in Palm Harbor” specifically, according to the sheriff’s office.

“Residents picked up from their homes will be brought to 2551 Tarpon Woods Boulevard in Palm Harbor. This location will also serve as the meeting point for residents wishing to be brought back to their homes in the affected area,” reads the press release.

Anyone in need of a ride is being instructed to call the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office at 727-582-6200. The high-water vehicles will be available “from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. daily until the floodwater subsides.”

High-water rescue vehicles such as those used in Pinellas County have been deployed across multiple flooded communities in the wake of Hurricane Milton. On Thursday, Melissa Marino with Nexstar’s WFLA observed several high-water rescue vehicles making trip after trip into a flooded section of Tampa to bring residents to safety.

“This is what we have seen all day, for hours now,” Marino said at the time.

The vehicles, according to a previous post from Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, are well equipped to handle “fallen trees and obstacles up to 3 feet high.” They were also “instrumental” in over 500 rescues in the wake of Hurricane Helene, the department added.

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