11 Jun 2024

A team of teams: How multi-agency power teams restore vital services after disasters

A power outage that began in Ohio spread across seven states and into Canada as brush fires caused transmission lines to go out of service.

12 Sep 2023

Ready, willing and able: Kansas City District’s Debris Planning and Response Team ready to respond when disaster strikes

September is National Preparedness month, which is intended to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies across the country. Although the month of September is dedicated to this important observance, at the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Debris Planning and Response Team stands ready every day in case disaster strikes. When a disaster occurs, whether natural or manmade, and the state in which it occurred is not equipped to handle the response and cleanup afterwards, the governor may declare a State of Emergency, which is needed prior to a request for federal assistance. The president then may declare a federal disaster, which allows for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to access federal funding for the cleanup. FEMA contracts with USACE Planning and Response Teams to execute the cleanup mission after a disaster.

25 Jul 2023

USACE Emergency Responders in Vermont

USACE Infrastructure Assessment team members who are mission assigned by FEMA, supported the State of Vermont by assessing the damage to wastewater treatment plants. The USACE team will then provide FEMA and the state of Vermont with the assessment reports and recommendations for necessary repairs to restore operations at the treatment plants.

8 Mar 2023

USACE hosts Contractor Industry Day Webinar Sessions for Hurricane Ian Temporary Housing Site Development in Charlotte and Lee Counties, Florida

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will host two contracting industry day webinars along with two project site visits for Hurricane Ian Temporary Housing Site Development – Rapid Disaster Infrastructure for Manufactured Housing Units in Charlotte and Lee Counties, Florida.

21 Nov 2022

Keeping the lights on: Walla Walla Temporary Power Team installs generators in the wake of Hurricane Fiona

On September 19, the day after Hurricane Fiona made landfall near Punta Tocón, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District Planning and Response Team (PRT) boarded a plane in Atlanta and flew to Puerto Rico. The team landed in San Juan at 8 p.m., on a mission to install generators and provide temporary emergency power to the island.

26 Oct 2022

USACE serves on unified team to develop water supply resiliency playbook for Jackson, MS

During late August of this year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was knee deep supporting the country with mission assignments that the Corps of Engineers is familiar with such as wildfires, floods, and hurricanes. One unexpected crisis ramped up USACE for an enterprise-wide, unified response to a not so familiar mission assignment – drinking water supply.

6 Oct 2022

USACE volunteers complete FEMA mission assignment in aftermath of Colorado wildfires

OMAHA, Neb. – 38 volunteers from the Omaha and Kansas City Districts, including several volunteers from Portland and Seattle, recently completed a six-month Federal Emergency Management Agency debris technical monitoring Mission Assignment near Boulder, Colorado on Aug. 26.

21 Sep 2022

USACE delivers generators in support of Hurricane Fiona response in Puerto Rico

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Sept. 21, 2022 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) successfully installed a 240 Kva generator provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the Diagnostic Treatment Center of Guanica, Puerto Rico Sept. 21, providing sufficient temporary power to the facility until commercial power is restored.

20 Sep 2022

Jacksonville District provides support in response to Hurricane Fiona

(SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, Sept. 20, 2022) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has received FEMA Mission Assignments (MAs) for Regional Activation and Temporary Emergency Power in response to Hurricane Fiona. Under these MAs we have deployed a Temporary Emergency Power Planning and Response Team, Soldiers from the 249th Engineer Battalion, team leaders and assistant team leaders, as well as subject matter experts in logistics, temporary power, infrastructure assessment and debris. The Jacksonville District is coordinating with local, state and federal agencies on requirements and support in response to Hurricane Fiona.

2 Sep 2022

USACE Vicksburg District performs initial assessments at O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mission assignment to perform pump assessments at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Ridgeland, Mississippi, Sept. 1, 2022, to support the Jackson water crisis. USACE Vicksburg District engineers were on site that afternoon after receiving the mission assignment, assessing the pumping system, electrical system and safety concerns.