How Believers Are Mobilizing Ahead of the Biggest Hurricane to Strike the US in 12 Years
One of the largest humanitarian organizations in America, Operation Blessing International has deployed its U.S. Disaster Relief team to Texas to help with relief and recovery following Hurricane Harvey.
Specializing in large-scale disaster relief including mass volunteer management, Operation Blessing’s advance team left Virginia Beach this morning for the organization’s warehouse facility in Dallas, Texas, where Operation Blessing’s first responders are staged with disaster relief equipment and supplies of emergency food and water. Once the dangerous storm conditions abate, the team will head to the hardest hit area and meet with emergency management officials to determine the greatest areas of need.
Operation Blessing has deployed a convoy of disaster relief equipment, which departed from the organization’s Ocala, Florida, warehouse this morning. It includes:
- Mobile Command Center (Mobile VRC): Equipped with on-board satellite, repeater system for VHF radios and computers to set up “Safe & Well” and FEMA Registration spots for residents
- Mobile Kitchen: Self-contained with 4K meals on board
- Construction Trailer: Full of volunteer supplies, tools and personal protective equipment
- Shower Trailer: Eight showers
- Box Truck: Full of supplies for mass volunteer management, food for hot meals, emergency tarps, cots and more
- 80 KW Generator: To energize a large building and serve as a source of power for operations
Operation Blessing expects to begin coordinating local volunteer efforts early next week and will call for volunteers to help residents whose homes have been damaged. Stay tuned for more information at www.ob.org.
