HURRICANE HERMINE

Carrying the designation “Florida's First Hurricane in more than a decade,” Hurricane Hermine hit the state’s panhandle coast in September 2016 and left a trail of damage and flooding in its wake. After receiving a Presidential “Major Disaster Declaration,” DRC was activated to provide debris removal services in two of the most severely impacted counties.

Citrus County was impacted heavily as storm surge waters inundated hundreds of homes, generating more than a thousand tons of residential flood debris, and tens of thousands of cubic yards of vegetation which DRC successfully removed and disposed of in less than 30 days. Leon County, home of Florida’s capital city Tallahassee and one of the most severely impacted Counties in the state activated DRC’s contract in a secondary capacity to augment the level of service being provided by their primary provider. DRC assisted in successfully bringing the program to completion by removing and disposing of over 14,000 cubic yards of debris.