Hundreds of Surfside emergency workers and their dogs will receive free housing on Royal Caribbean cruise ship

As search and recovery efforts continue in Surfside, Florida, where a condominium building suddenly collapsed last week, emergency workers will receive free housing, meals and other amenities. Royal Caribbean announced on Friday that its ship, Explorer of the Seas, has arrived at PortMiami to help support approximately 600 emergency workers and their dogs. 

The emergency workers will go on board in groups of 80, Royal Caribbean Group said in a press release. There, they will receive individual rooms, hot meals, laundry service and Wi-Fi.  Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said in a statement that the resource "will ensure our search and rescue teams have a quiet space to recover their mental and physical well-being as they work 12-hour shifts."