Schaff is battalion chief of Virginia Task Force 1, Fairfax County’s search and rescue team, which he welcomed back on Tuesday from New Jersey and New York, where the group was helping storm victims. Schaff lives in Loudoun County and, like many members of his team, is a firefighter and paramedic.

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