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AERT Program

AERT Program. Dr. Jimmy Tickel Emergency Programs, NCDA & CS. Natural Disasters Agriculture and Farm Communities. AERT’s. Drought, Hurricanes, Tornados…. Ag Emergency Response Teams. AERTs

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AERT Program

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  1. AERT Program Dr. Jimmy Tickel Emergency Programs, NCDA & CS

  2. Natural Disasters Agriculture and Farm Communities

  3. AERT’s Drought, Hurricanes, Tornados…..

  4. Ag Emergency Response Teams AERTs • Goal: provide help to fill the gaps farmers and farming communities encounter immediately after natural disasters • Use what we know works • Add personnel & equipment to it • Bring the program to the local level….

  5. What’s needed ?? • 24 hr. Emergency Hotline • Feedback from farming communities • Assessment of damage • Five Task areas • Farm access • Harvestability • Fence repair • Tarping • Field Debris removal

  6. Plan of Attack • Develop/refine web based tools • Information • Help exchange pages • Matching the “Have’s” with the “Needs” • Form response team model • Volunteers from NCDA & CS • Expand to local level • Helping hand

  7. Web Pages: Information

  8. Web Page: Tornado response

  9. Web Pages: Links

  10. Exchange Sites

  11. Web Exchange Site

  12. AgERT: Response Teams ** Most personnel volunteered for more than one team

  13. Mission Flow: Request

  14. Mission Flow: Activation • AgEOC • Coordination of available resources with prioritized requests

  15. Mission Flow: Deployment • Teams will work at discretion of requesting county • NCDA & CS will have input through Team leader and County EOC rep.

  16. AERT Trailers

  17. Equipment • Two trailers • 6’ x 12’ single 3500 lb axle • Staged: • Kinston • Morganton

  18. State HS grant Seed the AERT concept to the local level Expand the Web based tools Add another equipment trailer

  19. State HS grant • Goal: Stage 1 • Take AERT concept to

  20. State HS grant X3 • Goal: Stage 2

  21. Partnerships • Farm community ownership • Partnerships • State and Local Govt. • Groups and Associations • Farm Bureau • Grange • Rural Center • Faith Based Groups

  22. State HS grant • What counties do you recommend??

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