A bus from the Federal Emergency Management Agency sets up just a few miles outside of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, a river town devastated by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. Federal employees at the FEMA mobile station work to provide survivor assistance to survivors in the area and register them into their system to provide financial support and other aid.
The B-Roll package also includes footage of heavy machine equipment clearing trees from around a collapsed pedestrian bridge, as well as footage of a marina filled with debris and various power and telephone lines torn down by the hurricane. Video footage was shot on Oct. 10, 2024.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides the generators while the Emergency Power Team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coordinates with a contractor to install the generators at critical facilities, such as hospitals, first-responder centers and water resource stations. The Pittsburgh District is the lead office for USACE to coordinate the emergency power program. They coordinate Planning Response Teams from across the nation to deploy to disaster areas within 48 hours to communities in need.
USACE is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response to the Hurricane Helene. 261 USACE personnel are deployed, coordinating with partners in the affected areas. Additionally, 65 USACE personnel are supporting response efforts via reach-back and has 218 contractor personnel deployed.
The Temporary Emergency Power Planning and Response Team in North Carolina consists of employees from the Pittsburgh and Honolulu districts as well as Soldiers from the 249th Prime Power Engineer Battalion, and contractors. So far, the team has installed more than 20 generators and completed more than 40 assessments to determine further emergency power needs.
The Wilmington District oversees the disaster response and relief effort on behalf of USACE in North Carolina. The district provides support to western North Carolina through execution of FEMA mission assignments.
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District video by Michel Sauret)
| Date Taken: | 10.10.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 10.12.2024 19:37 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 940063 |
| VIRIN: | 241010-A-TI382-7618 |
| Filename: | DOD_110620833 |
| Length: | 00:07:56 |
| Location: | CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Downloads: | 36 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 36 |
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