Mobile Bunkhouses Set Up at Huntington Mall for AEP Crews
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Out-of-town power line workers can now take up residence outside the Huntington Mall. Barboursville Mayor Chris Tatum on Thursday said AEP shipped in several dozen mobile bunkhouses from Maysville, Kentucky. Those quarters are now set up in the old Sears parking lot. AEP says these bunkhouses are for additional workers they […]
Kentuckians Help With Hurricane Relief Along Gulf Coast
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Hurricane Sally has come and gone, killing at least one person and leaving behind destruction and flooding along several Gulf Coast states. Kentuckians are there to help rebuild and restore power. “Just because the storm has come and gone, that doesn’t mean the danger has come and gone,” Matt Daley said. […]
KY Crews Prepare to Deploy to Gulf Shores
Lexington EDS Crews Join Relief Efforts
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A Georgetown woman took a trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama that she’ll never forget. “When we got here on Tuesday, it was really rolling in,” Patti Bridges said. “It kept changing the trajectory further and further east until all of a sudden it was heading straight for Gulf Shores.” Patti Bridge […]
Kentuckians Working to Support Utility Workers After Hurricane Laura
LAKE CHARLES, La. (LEX 18) — Kentuckians continue to assist with the response to Hurricane Laura as thousands of utility workers from across the country work to restore power in Louisiana. Matt Daley traveled to Lake Charles, Louisiana after to storm to support those workers in his job with the Emergency Disaster Services. The company […]
Field Hospital at UMass Dartmouth Starts Coming Together
In most cases, people working on a project hope that their hard work will be of use. But for the contractors and Southcoast Health employees putting together the field hospital at UMass Dartmouth, the hope is that no one ever needs to use it. The gymnasium at the Tripp Athletic Center on the university campus […]
Kentucky Small Business Helps Build Coronavirus Field Hospitals Nationwide
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A company based out of Lexington has helped build several temporary field hospitals across the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency Disaster Services, a logistics company that provides services and equipment to support utility and emergency crews during natural and man-made disasters all over the country,is adapting to provide […]
UK HealthCare to Construct Field Hospital to Handle Potential Surge in COVID-19 Patients
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 3, 2020) — UK HealthCare is moving ahead with plans for a 400-bed field hospital on the University of Kentucky campus to care for a potential surge in patients who contract the coronavirus (COVID-19), officials said Friday. “As the Commonwealth’s health care provider for advanced and critical care, it is essential that […]
Coronavirus Field Hospital at Tamiami Park Is Ready for 250+ Patients
MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition tents went up just in time for the coronavirus pandemic. A tent that was once designed for livestock was turned into the temporary kitchen for a 252-bed field hospital at Tamiami Park. The tent where the fair’s cattle show would be is now home to lines of hospital […]
At Miami-Dade Fairgrounds, a 250-Bed Field Hospital Ready for Coronavirus Surge
Miami-Dade offered the first look Tuesday at a bare-bones field hospital built on the county fairgrounds, ready to tend to residents and visitors sickened during the global coronavirus pandemic and crowded out by an overwhelmed healthcare system. Mayor Carlos Gimenez said current projections show the county shouldn’t have to resort to such drastic measures, and […]