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To: mhking

Mayor wants to pay a visit.


2,887 posted on 09/01/2005 6:12:48 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy

Here's some stuff that the USDA (mostly - might be some Interior involved with this cause its using personel that manage wildland fire as part of the staff) is doing to help with organization and logistics:

HURRICANE KATRINA SUPPORT, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Emergency Support Function #4 is staffed at the Regional Response Coordination Centers in Atlanta, GA and Denton, TX. Three Type 1 Incident Management Teams (Custer, Quesinberry and Pincha-Tulley) are assigned. Custer's Team is working to establish a base camp in Port Allen, LA. Quesinberry's Team is assigned to a logistics staging area in Meridian, MS. Pincha-Tulley's Team will establish and manage a base camp at Stennis Space Center in MS. Two additional Type 1 Incident Management Teams (Gelobter and Cable) have been ordered. A Type 2 Incident Management Team (Lineback) is providing mobilization center support at Pineville, LA. A Planning Team is in place at the Long Term Recovery Center in Orlando, FL.

Five Logistics Management Teams have been mobilized; two at Meridian, MS, and one each at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA and Beauregard, LA. A Florida State All Risk Incident Management Team (Hill) has been assigned to Biloxi, MS. The Team is providing logistical support for Florida Urban Search and Rescue teams. A Florida State Incident Management Team (Jones) has established a Logistics Staging Area at Stennis Space Center in MS. The Team is helping with distribution of relief supplies throughout southern Mississippi. A National Park Service All Risk Team has been ordered for Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in New Orleans.


2,897 posted on 09/01/2005 6:14:58 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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