A local company is helping Florida recover from Helene, and Kentuckians are leading the charge
LEXINGTON, KY — Florida residents are on a long road to recovery from Hurricane Helene, with thousands still without power. Emergency Disaster Services, a company located in Lexington, deals with areas currently experiencing disasters. Matt Daley, a Director of Emergency Disaster Services, is in Florida trying to help those affected by Helene by providing base […]
Lexington’s Emergency Disaster Services responds to Texas disasters
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky-based logistics disaster firm is responding to not one, but two major disasters in Texas right now. Lexington’s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) is the largest logistics disaster firm in the country, said Matt Daley, the group’s director of communications and logistics. EDS deploys teams and fleets of equipment to help in […]
Emergency Disaster Services assisting as Title 42 ends
EL PASO, TX. (WKYT) – New immigration rules take effect tonight at midnight, when the pandemic-era health policy, known as Title 42, ends. It allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants due to COVID. The policy changes come as border patrol reported a one-day record of more than 10,000 apprehensions earlier this week. Lexington-based company […]
Teams from Ky. continue to help with Hurricane Ian relief efforts
FLORIDA (WKYT) – Teams from across the country are in southwest Florida right now, helping with hurricane relief efforts. Hurricane Ian pummeled the gulf coast a week ago. It hit the Fort Myers area as a Category 4 storm, bringing devastating storm surge, leveling communities. Emergency Disaster Services out of Kentucky is just one […]
Mobile Bunkhouses Deployed for New Crews Riding Herd on WV Power Outages
BARBOURSVILLE — Appalachian Power crews from Virginia joining the struggle to restore electrical service to more than 50,000 West Virginia homes and businesses will have a warm place to rest after an encampment of mobile bunkhouses was established in a Huntington Mall parking lot on Friday. The first 250 occupants of the encampment were expected […]
Mobile Bunkhouses Deployed for New Crews Helping to Restore Power in Area
BARBOURSVILLE — Appalachian Power crews from Virginia joining the struggle to restore electrical service to more than 50,000 West Virginia homes and businesses will have a warm place to rest after an encampment of mobile bunkhouses was established in a Huntington Mall parking lot Friday. The first 250 occupants of the encampment were expected to […]
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 […]