Florida Fairs helping in preparation and aftermath of Hurricane Irma
sentatives. When Hurricane Irma changed tracks, the RVers were the first to leave for points west and north. FEMA also left over the weekend. All in all, I found the FEMA people rather hard to work with in that they expected the exclusive use of the entire fairgrounds. Their presence hampered my ability to assist more people like large animal rescue or a larger number of RVers. The North Florida Fair sustained very little damage from the storm. A portion of a large tree fell across a fence and that was about the
extent of the damage. All parties left town just about as quick as they arrived. Martin County Fair: We are all good here at the Martin County Fair except for some roof damage on 2 buildings nothing that can be fixed. Red Cross was here for a short time. Dept of Children & Families will be here all next week providing free Food Stamps for folks who lost food during storm.
Jacksonville Ag Fair: Everything is ok in Jacksonville, we have some limbs down and some damage to our fence
and light poles but nothing major. South Florida Fair:
We had some minor damage and no one on staff had any truly serious issues so we have
to be thankful for that. FPL is here with a big operation and they anticipate that they should be wrapped up by the end of the week. Our Special Needs Unit is also winding down with the population only at 140 this morning. The thinking is that they should be able to shut it down tomorrow evening. All in all, not a bad result from Irma's visit. Like everyone else we have a lot of landscape debris to clean up but our
guys will get it. All the best to each of you as you get back to normal. Volusia County Fair: Shelter was activated and housed the following: 238 people 180 animals – 92 dogs, 74 cats, 7 birds and 7 other animals 108 homeless people We utilized three of our buildings
The Sunday after the hurricane, Duke Energy contacted me and we became a centrally located base for the following: 800 Power Trucks 1400 Workers. Starting today (Oct 2), we have Department of Children and Family
Services, FOOD FOR FLORIDA, SNAP, setting up for a food program that will be starting this Wednesday, October 4 and running through Sunday, October 8, 2017. FOOD FOR FLORIDA, SNAP, is expecting between 16,000 – 32,000 people to come to our fair to get help with food assis- tance from Hurricane Irma. Southwest Florida and Lee County Fair:
South Florida 700 National Guardsmen staged in our Civic Center for almost two weeks, left, and then another group National Guardsmen came in and
staged in the Whaley Hall for 3 days as they transitioned to Marathon, Florida. 2,500 FPL service workers staged on our back-grounds for 2 week, along with 2,000 trucks. They are in the process of moving out now. Additionally, LCEC (Lee County Electrical Co-Op), various contractors, and tree service companies staged 120 trucks on our grounds. We’ve entered into an agreement with Lee County to stage the debris removal/chipping element of the equation for the next 4 months.
Northeast Florida Fair: The grounds were used for the county to pass out water to those in need.
Bradford County Fair: Bradford County Fair used as a Red Cross in one of the buildings and Florida Family and Children had their D-SNAP they were there all
last week putting over 7,000 people through there. Starting this week several churches are stockpiling relief supplies in one of our building to sort and reload to go to South Florida. They will be there through October 22nd at least.
For information on Hurricane Preparedness and Hurricane Recovery Visit
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