Helene Response Update with Dr. Joe Holley in the Field

Disaster Podcast host Sam Bradley reached out and connected with Dr. Joe Holley while deployed in the field. Joe has been hard at work with the FEMA IST (Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Team) while they supported teams in the field for Hurricane Helene. He and his wife Kimberly are currently in North Carolina finishing up the immediate search and rescue support for that region.

As the immediate life threat focus shifts to the next storm, Joe and his teams are replenishing resources and refreshing team members to redeploy to staging areas pending the landfall of Hurricane Milton. The new disaster threat will stretch team resources thinner as they prepare to respond following another major hurricane in just a few weeks. Joe ensures that the teams are ready and refreshed in a way that will enable them to carry out the new missions tasked for them.

Hurricane Milton has intensified to major hurricane status with predictions of category 4 or even 5 intensity on the scale that measures wind velocity at time of landfall. Add in the potential for catastrophic storm surge ahead of and during the storm’s impact, this weather event is one for residents of the affected areas to pay attention to. Stay tuned to the Disaster Podcast for more ongoing coverage and reports from the responders in the field.

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Thank you as always to Paragon Medical Education Group for their long-term support of the Disaster Podcast. Dr. Joe Holley and the team at Paragon continue to provide excellent and customized disaster response training to jurisdictions around the U.S. and internationally as well.