Daily Update of Logistics Site Support
Release Date: August 23, 2004
Release Number: 1539-029
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Florida’s State Emergency Response Team (SERT) has employed a combined State and Federal effort to distribute much-needed items to the areas affected by Hurricane Charley. State and Federal personnel from the Division of Emergency Management, Florida Division of Forestry, Department of Military Affairs, Florida National Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, US Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, Government Services Administration, and other county and local agencies are working around the clock to distribute these items to people in need.
More than 1,493 trucks filled with ice, water, generators, blankets, sleeping bags and other items have been distributed from the Lakeland Logistics Staging Area (LSA) #1 to the affected areas since Saturday, August 14, in addition to relief items that are sent directly from other FEMA and state LSA’s. The following lists the amount of each item that has been sent for relief efforts since the start of the LSA operation.
| Ice (trucks) | Water (trucks) | MREs (meals) | Cots | Generators | Bug Spray | Fork-Lifts | Blankets | Sleeping Bags | Tents | Tarps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
237.5 |
401 |
107,232 |
3,316 |
157 |
382 (cases) |
17 |
5,378 |
622 |
308 |
2,925 |
On Saturday, August 21, Governor Bush visited Lakeland Logistics Staging Area #1. He toured the warehouse and helped load cases of soup and baby food scheduled for delivery to areas devastated by Hurricane Charley. The Governor met with several Florida National Guard soldiers and Florida Division of Forestry employees before he traveled to the Incident Command Center to experience first hand the current operations at the facility.
The State Emergency Response Team is a collaboration of Florida’s emergency management agencies led by the state coordinating officer. Its mission is to ensure that Florida is prepared to respond to emergencies, recover from them and mitigate their impacts. For the latest information on the hurricane relief effort, visit http://www.floridadisaster.org.
On March 1, 2003, FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. FEMA's continuing mission within the new department is to lead the effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration.
Last Modified: Sunday, 29-Aug-2004 15:59:56