1st Annual Emergency Preparedness Event - Waycross 2018

9/4/2018 (Permalink)

Passing out Hurricane Preparedness Kits to families in Ware and surrounding counties.

On Saturday, August 25 SERVPRO of Waycross, Hinesville, and Douglas hosted the 1st Annual Emergency Preparedness Event of Waycross! The event was held outsidethe Mall @ Waycross. The event was designed to educate community members on the importance of getting prepared prior to emergencies; and to familiarize the community of first responders and other emergency response personals that service Ware and surrounding counties.

The event was a huge success and SERVPRO of Waycross, Hinesville, and Douglas passed out over 100 Hurricane Readiness kits! Items were donated by SERVPRO and other local businesses like Robert Wallace - Allstate and Dental Care Associates.

We would like to thank all of the first responders that came outset up interactive booths:

• Air EVAC
• American Red Cross
• Georgia Family Outdoors
• Georgia State Patrol
• Ware County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
• Ware County Emergency Management Agency (EMA)
• Ware County EMS
• Ware CountyFire
• Ware County Sheriff
• Ware County 911
• Waycross Fire
• Waycross Police

Another special thank you goes out to our food vendors like Chickflia of Waycross, Jonesy on the Go, and Sno Biz of Waycross. Thank you for your support in our community.

We are looking forward to growing this event for next year and involving more emergency response teams and vendors. If you are interested please contact our Waycross office at 912-285-0724