{"id":1282,"date":"2023-10-12T11:32:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T11:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2023-12-14T18:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:24:38","slug":"florida-hurricane-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/florida-hurricane-ian\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida: Hurricane Ian"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1282_f10364-c4 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1282_f10364-c4 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1282_f10364-c4 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id1282_f10364-c4 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id1282_f10364-c4 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id1282_f10364-c4 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id1282_f10364-c4 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1282_afe0ee-43\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eAy66__4d7s?si=lCIxwb6dZMReA63B\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hurricane Ian: The Path to Recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How FIRST ONSITE Property Restoration Mobilized Efforts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First Onsite is rebuilding the Florida communities after the devastation Hurricane Ian caused in October of 2022. Hear firsthand from our Command Center in Orlando, FL how our teams have mobilized and what they\u2019re doing to help those affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Danny] I\u2019ve been through Hurricane Andrew and I know what that devastation looks like, so I try to put myself in the property owner\u2019s shoes. The residents, the children that are displaced, the kids that can\u2019t go to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 We\u2019re currently in Orlando responding to Hurricane Ian in our National Command Center, so we\u2019ve mobilized our internal ops team to help logistically out in the field and coordinate our efforts for all of our clients and our emergency response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 We\u2019ve brought in resources from California, from Washington state, from New York, and a lot of folks here in Florida, and we\u2019ve brought everybody here together to kind of integrate and properly get out to all of our clients and their properties and assess damage and get it going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 We plan throughout the year for storms such as this, so as soon as we know that there\u2019s a disturbance in the water, we start to plan for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 The command center really is what really, truly can make this event successful for us as an organization, ensuring that we get to our clients in a timely manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Fred] It\u2019s priceless, right? A lot of these folks don\u2019t work together every day, so having everybody here in the same room to be able to communicate is absolutely priceless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Heather] Operationally, as calls come in to our 800 number, and we send them out to our operational team, depending on needs and locations, dispatching extraction crews, equipment crews, roofers, anything that they need in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/resource\/hurricane-property-damage\/\">storm damage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 So the first things we\u2019re gonna want to do, start checking for moisture. You know, we\u2019d have to check walls, we\u2019d have to check carpets, we\u2019d have to check flooring. We want to get it all cleaned out. We want to get it dried out. If we need anything, whether it be air movers, dehumidifiers, you know, any supplies and stuff we need, the laydown yard guy, those guys are really, really good. What they do is they make sure you give \u2019em a list of what they need. They load it in box trucks and they\u2019ve got \u2019em shipped out to you, you know, pretty, pretty quick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 That\u2019s gonna go on the order with the yellow Isuzu box trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Worker] This one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We handle anything and everything that has to go to a job site, so right now, being that we\u2019re out here in the hurricane, we touch anything and everything that\u2019s going to a job site, whether it\u2019s equipment or supplies, it\u2019s going through our hands. Depending on how bad the job is is gonna be what kind of equipment they need. So that\u2019s our main three is dehumidifiers, air movers, and air scrubbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 It happens really quick. You know, we\u2019re gonna come in, we\u2019re gonna say, \u201cOkay, this, this, this, this, and this is wet,\u201d then we just get a scope of the work, find out exactly what has to be taken care of, and we\u2019ll start putting the trades together. We\u2019re gonna cut it. We\u2019re gonna start drying it, or so we can actually get air moving through that place in the business so it can get dried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 We\u2019re able to keep things under control by truly taking one assignment at a time not losing sight of what\u2019s transpired in Fort Myers. You know, what they just suffered was, you know, huge impact to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 It\u2019s tough, right? \u2018Cause the first week or so there\u2019s a lot of bad situations, and we\u2019ve got thousands of people out there in the field that are physically on site helping these people get through all kinds of terrible situations. It\u2019s very nice that we\u2019re able to do what we do, but to see what they\u2019re going through, it\u2019s pretty tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Jose] It\u2019s times like these, you know, that we\u2019re here to support community for whatever they need. It gives you a good feeling inside, and especially when you\u2019re able to help all these people in the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Heather] So, as a Floridian, it definitely hits close to home for me when we know that there\u2019s been such devastation. I love that we are a solution for our clients and our employees and their families when they experience a loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Fred] I think everybody is emotionally affected by it, but I think there\u2019s a sense of pride that we all take in being able to help our communities <a href=\"https:\/\/firstonsite.com\/service\/hurricane-damage-restoration\/\">recover from devastating effects from Hurricane Ian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 [Danny] We\u2019re here trying to service our customers to try to get them back to normalcy. There\u2019s a long road ahead, but we\u2019re going to be there along the journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Ian: The Path to Recovery How FIRST ONSITE Property Restoration Mobilized Efforts First Onsite is rebuilding the Florida communities after the devastation Hurricane Ian caused in October of 2022. 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