Huge Success - 2nd Annual Emergency Preparedness of Waycross

9/22/2019 (Permalink)

Successful 2nd Annual Event.

On Saturday, August 24 SERVPRO of Waycross, Hinesville, and Douglas hosted the 2nd Annual Emergency Preparedness Event of Waycross! The event was held on the front lawn at the Okefenokee Fairgrounds in 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 personnel that serve Ware and surrounding counties.

The event was a huge success and SERVPRO of Waycross, Hinesville, and Douglas passed out over 90 Hurricane Readiness kits. Carol Irvin, with the Department of Health and Safe Kids checked car seats and Ware County Sheriff's Office helped with making sure car seats were installed properly. Waycross Fire Department taught the importance of crawling under smoke to escape fires in their fire safety trailer.

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

- American Red Cross

- Coffee/Atkins/Bacon County Amateur Radio

- Satilla Tree Surgeons

- SERVPRO

- SnoBiz of Waycross

- UGA Extension - Ware

- Ware County CERT

- Ware County DPH

- Ware County EMA

- Ware County EMS

- Ware County Fire Department

- Ware County Sheriff's Office

- Ware County 911

- Waycross Fire Department

- Waycross Police/SWAT

Another special thank you goes out to our food vendors like Sno Biz of Waycross and Rick’s BBQ of Waycross. Thank you for your support in our community.

We are thrilled with the community's interest and involvement in this event. If you are interested in joining our event next year please contact our Waycross office at 912-285-0724