Corps of Engineers Lends Support in Aftermath of Hurricane Rita.FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical (FEMA FEMA, n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. ), is providing disaster response assistance to citizens of Texas affected by Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005. . The Corps missions include providing water, power, debris removal, ice, temporary housing and roofing and logistical support. The priority of the Corps is to support efforts to save lives and find people, sustain lives, and help set conditions for recovery. The Corps' Fort Worth District today is shipping hundreds of truckloads of ice and water to south Texas. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bob Woodards, Southwestern Division Regional Director of Logistics, the three-phase process is working. The supply process begins in Fort Worth where a three-day supply of ice and water, approximately 300 truckloads of each, is stored at the Fort Worth Federal Center depot, he said. "When notified of the need for ice and water, phase two is initiated and the ice and bottled water are trucked to a forward staging center, in this case, Houston, and the final stage is to provide a one-day supply of each at distribution points in the affected area," Woodards said. In another effort, under the direction of the Corps' Southwestern Division Commander, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko, a forward command cell, led by the Fort Worth District Commander, Col. John Minahan, has been established in the Beaumont area today. Col. Minahan and his seven member cell, consisting of specialists in the areas of engineering, real estate, and environmental remediation Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a , are making damage assessments and evaluating what assistance is needed. Contractors interested in temporary power, ice or water delivery missions should visit http://www.swf.usace.army.mil/pubdata/hurricane/index.asp. Additional information may be obtained by visiting the Fort Worth District website at www.swf.usace.army.mil. |
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