Streamlining, coordinating and networking all aspects of the national civilian response to natural and man made disasters .
Streamlining, coordinating and networking all aspects of the national civilian response to natural and man made disasters .
Streamlining, coordinating and networking all aspects of the national civilian response to natural and man made disasters .
Streamlining, coordinating and networking all aspects of the national civilian response to natural and man made disasters .
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. A.L.E.R.T worked Hurricanes Florence and Michael and the Woolsey and Camp Fires in California during 2018.
In 2019, we worked the Wetumpka and Beauregard Alabama tornadoes, the historic flooding in the Midwest and the wildfires in Australia. In 2020 and 2021 we helped with the Iowa Derecho, the tornadoes in the Ohio Basin and Mid South, and the tropical systems that made US landfall. The year 2022 has started off with wildfires, tornadoes and blizzards. 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.
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