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Event: Hurricane Florence, FEMA-4393-DR North Carolina DOT Jeffrey L. Garrett Pender County Maintenance Engineer 401 North Smith Street Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-5413 Performance Dates: 11/2018 Ne DEBRIS VOLUME: 180 CREWS FOR HOURLY CUT & TOSS CONTRACT VALUE: $2,613,534.00 In September 2018, weather forecasters were preparing the coast of North Carolina for the “storm of a lifetime” Hurricane Florence. Three months before the formation of Florence, TFR was awarded the Pre- Event Contract with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for Emergency Cut & Shove services. TFR had a kickoff meeting shortly after the award to go over the scope of the contract and meet and greet. We expressed to the department that we had just provided over 50 cut and toss crews to Florida DOT after Hurricane Irma, to reassure them that we are not only experienced but have very recent experience in emergency roadway clearance. Three months later, TFR Project Management mobilized to North Carolina on September 12, 2018, in response to Florence. We met with key members of NCDOT to prepare for TFR’s response to debris-ridden state roads. It was determined by NCDOT and TFR after reviewing the State Maps that the 6 counties under contract each needed thirty crews. The contract defined a push crew as 4 people; a bobcat with an operator, 2 saw men/flaggers, and one supervisor with a pickup. TFR immediately activated resources from its extensive database on standby: 180 bobcats and 720 personnel. Immediately upon Florence’s winds reducing to less than 40 MPH, those resources were mobilized to their assigned county and began clearing roadways. This was one of the largest and most expedient push crew responses in TFR’s 33 years of disaster response. Many of the counties, if not all of them: Pender, Onslow, New Hanover, Brunswick, Sampson, and Duplin had severe flooding and power outages. One of the serious obstacles TFR faced with this catastrophe was the logistics of housing 720 people. Minimal hotels had power, and those had no rooms. TFR was able to engage with local business owners Testimonial “This Hurricane, and the devastation it left behind, will stick with me the rest of my life. I hope that we never experience another storm event with the same potential for destruction. However, if we do, the assurance knowing that TFR Enterprises is ready to provide their professional services, gives us the confidence we need to weather another storm.” Jeffrey Garrett ITB No. 23-04-01 Disaster Debris Management and Disposal Services 20