It all began at the start of Hurricane Irma in 2017 when a few of us were invited by mutual friends to process and verify rescue requests via social media. We worked Hurricane Irma and to a lesser degree Hurricane Maria. During the 2018 disaster season we started creating and running Facebook groups for specific disasters and regions. We saw the need to provide timely, accurate information to those in the affected areas and to their loved ones outside the disaster areas. It was at the beginning of Hurricane Florence that we chose the name America's Lifeline Emergency Response Team or A.L.E.R.T. A.L.E.R.T worked Hurricanes Florence and Michael and the Woolsey and Camp Fires in California during 2018. To date in 2019, we have worked the Wetumpka and Beauregard Alabama tornadoes and the historic flooding in the Midwest. We have made invaluable connections throughout the civilian disaster response world and have seen the need to improve coordination throughout our networks. A few of our core team members are still are with us. We also have been fortunate to find others with the same community service mindset to join our team.
Our team has worked many natural disasters from gathering information to dispatching Boots on the Ground to being Boots on Ground. We pride ourselves in creating a social media hub to get up-to-date information out to the masses.
Our team has been involved in many disasters. Those disasters include Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Michael, Maria, Dorian and Florence, the Camp Fire in California, and the wildfires in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arizona.
Our Boots on the ground teams have helped with human,large animal and pet evacuations. Through our many resources we have provided livestock with bales of hay to survive. We have teamed up with other groups and businesses to get bottles and trucks of water into affected areas, wherever they may be. We have worked with other organizations to get supplies into affected areas and have warehouses available for supplies. We have partnered with local businesses and organizations to set up hubs for hay, fencing, human supplies and many other resources.
At a moments notice, our team is ready to activate for a disaster. We are constantly watching weather patterns to anticipate any potential for disaster. We continuously watch social media and news outlets for disaster incidents. We can have Boots on the Ground in a timely and safe manner. We pride ourselves in being one of the first in and last out.
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