Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMA’s initial Hurricane Ian prep: Lots of water and meals to move

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has kicked into high gear in preparation for Hurricane Ian.

The most immediate impact on trucking will be the need to get water and meals into the affected areas. FEMA, in a statement, said it is staging supplies at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Those supplies include 3.5 million liters of water and 3.6 million meals. 

Elsewhere in Alabama, FEMA said it has supplies of more than a million liters of water, more than 480,000 meals and more...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/femas-initial-hurricane-ian-prep-lots-of-water-and-meals-to-move

FreightWaves CEO Fuller offers advice to truckers hauling FEMA loads

Trucks hauling FEMA loads

Even as city, state and federal officials urge residents to flee ahead of high winds and flooding, truck drivers answer the call to haul emergency supplies to areas where hurricanes are expected to strike. 

However, the way truckers heed that call has a huge impact on when, how and how much they get paid, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller points out.

“Hurricane-relief loads offer an opportunity for trucking companies to demonstrate to the public how critical trucking is, regardless of the challenges...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-ceo-fuller-offers-advice-to-truckers-hauling-fema-loads

DeSantis lifts Florida’s trucking restrictions as Hurricane Ian approaches

trucks and FEMA traffic sign

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is waiving hours-of-service, size and weight restrictions for trucks delivering emergency supplies and equipment as the state prepares for Hurricane Ian.

Florida statute allows semitrucks to weigh up to 80,000 pounds.

The emergency order will be in effect for at least the next 60 days and applies to 24 counties: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/desantis-lifts-floridas-trucking-restrictions-as-ian-approaches

Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | September 6 – Nigerian ambulance boat, litter-collecting craft for Philippine Coast Guard and more

A new ambulance boat enters service in Nigerian inland waters as construction is underway on a new rescue craft in Croatia and a police patrol vessel for Tasmania in Aust ..

The post Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | September 6 – Nigerian ambulance boat, litter-collecting craft for Philippine...

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FEMA’s trucks-in-service count for Ida relief: ‘1,571 and counting’

On Tuesday at about 11 a.m. Eastern time, the Federal Emergency Management Association responded to a query from FreightWaves sent a day earlier: How many trucks is FEMA operating as part of its relief efforts for Hurricane Ida?

The response: “1,571 and counting.”

In a short series of answers, the FEMA media relations team gave a brief overview of the amount of trucking capacity it is using as it gears up its Hurricane Ida relief work.

The hiring of trucks did not begin with the arrival of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/femas-trucks-in-service-count-for-ida-relief-1571-and-counting

Will Hurricane Ida cause carriers to chase FEMA relief loads?

Satellite animation of major Hurricane Ida approaching Louisiana.

At this time, we do not know the level of destruction that Hurricane Ida will inflict. Hopefully, for the people and property impacted, the damage will be minimal. 

To the degree necessary, local, state, and federal emergency management agencies, relief organizations, churches, major corporations, and ordinary people will band together to help those affected by the storm. 

However, when major hurricanes have hit the United States in the past (as recently as last week, unfortunately), the Federal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-hurricane-ida-cause-carriers-to-chase-fema-relief-loads

How-to on hurricane relief efforts

Hurricane Ida’s outer bands began dumping heavy rain on Louisiana early today as its sustained wind gusts reached 150 mph.

Because of weather satellites and a range of other technologies, man’s ability to track and predict the path of hurricanes improves yearly. In North America, communications technologies give us the ability to warn residents of areas in the predicted path of hurricanes several days ahead of time that the storm is coming and its potential severity. Usually people and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-to-on-hurricane-relief-efforts

News alert: Biden names supply chain coordinator to COVID-19 response team

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Tim Manning to coordinate supply chain management as part of his administration’s COVID-19 response team.

Manning is the former deputy administrator for protection and national preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Obama.

The supply coordinator will organize the federal effort focused on securing, strengthening and ensuring a sustainable pandemic supply chain, working with departments and agencies to ensure there is sufficient...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/news-alert-biden-names-supply-chain-coordinator-to-covid-19-response-team

LATAM lands Brazil’s last COVID-19 emergency air bridge flight

LATAM Airlines cargo airlift

LATAM Airlines Group (NYSE: LTM) said this week it has landed its last flight of a three-month “air bridge” between China and Brazil to transport much needed protective face masks to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the South American country.

The Chilean carrier flew 39 flights from China transporting 240 million N95 surgical masks under contract with Brazil’s Ministry of Infrastructure. The project marked the first time LATAM Group aircraft have operated in China.

The airline started the air...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/latam-lands-brazils-last-covid-19-emergency-air-bridge-flight

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