HURRICANE IRMA
In early September 2017, Hurricane Irma made history as the most intense Atlantic hurricane to strike the United States since Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Irma made landfall on the Florida Keys as a category 4 storm and triggered one of the biggest blackouts in U.S. history leaving over 13 million people without power.
DRC met with the Florida Department of Transportation prior to Hurricane Irma’s landfall and was pre-staged with Project Managers within 18 Counties. Following Irma, DRC simultaneously activated 8 PUSH contracts within these counties. Additionally, DRC provided food services to Palm Beach Gardens and Coconut Creek, prior to and after landfall.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, FEMA designated 48 counties within Florida as federal disaster areas. The majority of debris created by Hurricane Irma is vegetative debris. To date, DRC has removed over 27,000 hazardous trees within the Cities of Miami and Fort Lauderdale and has reduced over 650,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris, in both jurisdictions combined.
DRC was activated in 26 jurisdictions simultaneously while managing 13 debris management sites.
