CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) -Chesterfield first responders made their way to southwest Virginia Thursday to help areas forecasted to be the most affected by Hurricane Helene.

19 firefighters and EMS workers left Fire Station 17 in the morning to Wythe County.

The county expects several inches of rain, gusty winds and potentially downed trees and power lines.

The Chesterfield crews will be on standby to perform water rescues.

They are also ready to deploy to neighboring states if necessary.

Another group of Chesterfield firefighters flew out to the Roanoke area earlier Thursday afternoon.

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With the division system being demolished in the ACC, Virginia Tech no longer has to battle all of the Coastal teams for a shot at the Championship game, all that the Hokies would need to do is finish top two in the conference based on their conference record, which basically means that Virginia Tech should consider how they played in their first four games, but throw that out of the window for now because a new season will start on Friday for the Hokies.

The woes for the Virginia Tech team have been apparent and unchanged, but they’d only need to sneak an upset win or two and take all of the toss-up games on the schedule.

Now, I’m not saying that Virginia Tech needs to or will upset Miami, but I will consider paths to the Championship Game, with and without a loss to Miami.

Starting with the most realistic scenario, which would be Virginia Tech losing to Miami. In that situation, Miami would likely be a lock to be the highest ranked team in the conference, but it would be between SMU, Clemson, Louisville, and Virginia Tech to all vie for the last spot. With that, Virginia Tech would simply have to win out, with the number of teams now in the ACC a two-loss team just wont make the Championship Game, that’s why programs like Georgia Tech are essentially out of the race.

That schedule looks daunting, but outside of Clemson most of those games are toss-ups. They play Stanford, Boston College, Syracuse, and Georgia Tech after the Miami game, all of which could go either way. Against Clemson they could be double-digit underdogs, but still a game they need to win, so anything can happen. Then, the Hokies will end the season against Duke and Virginia, two teams I think they will be favored against.

Now the other path for Virginia Tech depends entirely on a win against Miami this Friday. The Hokies would have to pull off likely one of the bigger upsets in the history of the ACC. If they can do that though, the path gets much easier. Because the Hokies knocked off Miami, there’s no undebatable number one team in the conference, so the Hokies could lose one or even two games considering that they would have a tie-breaker over Miami.

This is the lesser likely of the two scenarios, but who knows? It’s Friday Night Football, and we’ve seen that be a problem for favorites this season.

Think of it as something like training camp, take two.

The Denver Broncos are doing some team bonding in West Virginia as they prepare for their next game. They’re staying at and practicing at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs.

The team opted not to fly back to Colorado after Sunday’s game in Florida and are avoiding long flights to and from the East Coast this week as a result. They’re facing the Jets on the road in Week 4 (Sunday at 11 a.m., on CBS), so The Greenbrier is their home away from home for a few days.

When Broncos head coach Sean Payton coached for New Orleans, the Saints held their training camp at The Greenbrier on three different occasions — in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

“This is the first time for me being back since then,” Payton said on Wednesday. “It’s just how we kind of envisioned it. Logistically, everything fits.”

Payton hopes that with the team staying together at the resort it will lead to the team becoming closer. His starting quarterback said that’s already happening.

“We have some room to hang out with the guys, and you’re not at home, so you can treat it a little bit differently and … use your routine but also kind of ad lib at the same time and enjoy each other’s company,” said quarterback Bo Nix.

 Cornerback Patrick Surtain II said the team chemistry is “building and building” this week.

“We have a lot at our disposal to enjoy here at the resort, and we’re enjoying every bit of it,” Surtain said.

Kicker Wil Lutz said it’s hard being away from family members, but there are some benefits.

“When you’re able to get the locker room tighter and get this team tighter, I think you’ve got to take every opportunity to do that,” Lutz said.

The Broncos will leave the resort on Friday and head closer to East Rutherford, New Jersey, for their weekend game at MetLife Stadium.