DR Responses
Since we organized as a unit in 2002 we have been called out several time. Many of our people have been trained in several different areas. We have had people respond to work with chainsaw and rebuild crews as well as mass feeding. Several of our volunteers have worked with other association units as well as the state unit.
We can activate ourselves in the case of a local disaster, the state director calls us out in the case of a larger problem, and the North American Mission Board can ask for assistance from the state at which time the state director will call out units to go out of state.
In 2002 we responded to:
floods in Fayetteville, WV
Hurricane Lili in Abbeville, LA
tornado in Mossy Grove, TN
ice storm in Thomasville, NC
In 2003 we had people go to:
floods in Chatanooga, TN
tornato in Jackson, TN
Hurricane Isabel in Virginia Beach, VA
In 2004 we went to assist with:
floods in Prestonsburg, KY
wind damage in Carmi, IL
Hurricane Charley in Ft. Myers, FL
Hurricane Frances in Port St. Lucie and Vero Beach, FL
Hurrican Ivan in Pace, FL
In 2005 we responded to:
Hurricane Katrina in Baton Rouge, LA and feeding the evacuees in Knoxville, TN
Hurricane Rita in Sulphur and Alexandria, LA
In 2007 we were activated to assist with two tornadoes in New Tazewell, TN
In 2008 we went to Knoxville, TN to feed evacuees from Louisiana due to hurricane Gustav.
In 2009 we went to Matewan, WV to assist victims of floods caused by torrential rains.
In 2010 some of our people went to Nashville, TN to work on the state feeding unit which was called out during the major flooding in the area.