OSM volunteers make a big difference in storm-shattered Gulf Coast.
25 OSM volunteers worked at least 30 days in Southeastern Texas as part of the Department of the Interior’s response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
OSM’s first team of volunteers arrived in the Beaumont, TX area in mid-October and began work immediately. The OSM teams ultimately spread out over 11 Texas counties working at 13 separate debris-disposal sites. They accounted for the removal of more than 1 million cubic yards of debris.
The OSM team further enhanced DOI’s contribution to the cleanup effort by quickly developing and implementing systems for conducting safety training, handling equipment inventory, purchasing, and other administrative functions.
OSM volunteers working a "debris tower" in Southeast
Texas, an area ravaged by Hurricane Rita.
OSM Members of DOI Group 09
Group Leader: Allen S. Kraps, Office of Surface Mining, Appalachian Region, Pittsburgh
Deputy: Audrey Parker, OSM, Appalachian Region, Pittsburgh
Exec Admin: Paulette Wilson, OSM, Headquarters, Washington, DC
Debris Mission Quality Assurance Team members
Carol Houston, OSM, Appalachian Region, Pittsburgh *
Shelia Hartless, OSM, Appalachian Region, Pittsburgh *
Rene Sanchez OSM, Denver Finance Center *
Fred Fox, OSM, Headquarters, Washington, DC *
Gary Hall, OSM, London, KY *
Lafayette Vance, OSM, Appalachian Region, Pittsburgh *
Wendi Stephens, OSM, Lexington KY
Ned Hagen Bush, OSM, Pikeville KY
Victor (Brent) Virts, OSM, Big Stone Gap VA
Kale Horton, OSM, Mid-Continent Region, Alton IL
Joe Wilcox, OSM Western Regional Office, Denver
Mike Benevides, OSM, Western Region, Denver
Mychal Yellowman, OSM, Western Region, Denver
Frank Hooper, OSM, Appalachian Region, Pittsburgh
Samuel Pugh, OSM, Beckley WV
LaChelle Harris, OSM, Tulsa OK
* These volunteers from Group 10 extended their deployment to become members of Group 19/20.
OSM Members of DOI Groups 10 and 19
Ian Dye, OSM, Big Stone Gap VA
Bennett Stein, OSM, Appalachian Region, Pittsburgh
Jeffrey Zingo, OSM, Tulsa, OK
Debra Zirkle, OSM, Big Stone Gap, VA
Ike Isaacson, OSM, Johnstown, PA
Russell Porter, OSM, Albuquerque, NM
Dan Trout, OSM, Tulsa, OK
OSM Member assigned to FEMA in Baton Rouge
Alan Boehms, OSM, Casper, WY
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