The Louisiana Conference - Disaster Recovery

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We now know more definitively that it only takes O-N-E to spell D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R!! This is especially true as we look back at The Storms of the Summer of ‘05-Katrina and Rita. This piece will only remind us that the need for preparation is always imminent. The sites that are quite helpful in developing plans are numerous. To look at Louisiana’s preparedness data, simply navigate to www.ohsep.louisiana.gov where items such as mitigation, hazards, Citizen Corps, to name a few are readily available to download.

YOUR EVACUATION PLAN should be at the ready with preparations including a “grab and Go” scenario in place.

Medical supplies: prescription medications and dentures
Disaster supplies: flashlight, batteries, radio, first aid kit, bottled water.
Clothing and bedding: a change of clothes and a sleeping bag or bedroll and pillow for each household member
Car keys and keys to the place you may be going( friend’s or relative’s home)

There are important papers to take with you in the event that you have to evacuate.

Driver’s license or personal identification
Social Security card
Proof of residence (deed or lease)
Insurance papers
Birth and marriage certificates
Stocks, bonds, and other negotiable certificates
Wills deeds, and copies of recent tax return

On the www.ohsep.louisiana.gov, the Parish Emergency Preparedness Offices Contacts Directory will give you the necessary data to contact the respective officer for your particular area.

Another site for us in Louisiana is www.Louisianafloods.org where vital information regarding the preparation for floods and how to function efficiently in the event of a flood.

The point is to bear in mind that it could happen to YOU, a family member or a friend.

Shalom on The Way!

Freddie C. Henderson, Director
Disaster Preparedness

Rev. Freddie Henderson serves as Disaster Preparedness Director for the Louisiana Annual Conference. Henderson most recently served the conference as Superintendent for the New Orleans District, hard hit by Hurricane Katrina. He spent nine months working intensely with local churches in the New Orleans area whose facilities were either damaged or destroyed, and whose congregations were severely affected by the diaspora of its members to other parts of the state and throughout the country. Henderson now coordinates conference efforts to keep the state prepared for future disasters, critical in an area prone to hurricanes and heavily populated by industrial plants and factories.

The Disaster Response Ministry was set up to deal with the hurricane tragedies of 2005. It is headquartered in Baton Rouge (behind the Conference Office) and oversees six disaster recovery stations in southeast and southwest Louisiana.

Visit the website to sign up as a volunteer and to learn more about the recovery efforts.

The Disaster Response Stations
Our Staff Throughout South Louisiana

TBA

Address: 141 N. 6th Street

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Phone: 225-346-5193

Fax: 225-346-6974

Email: stormrelief@bellsouth.net

Web: www.laumcstormrelief.com

STAFF:

» Rev. Darryl A. Tate, Executive Director

» Althea Fontenot, Director of Case Management

» Rev. Amy Mercer, Director of Operations Chaplain

» Rev. Judy Nelson, Director of Spiritual Care

» Rev. Yvonne Dayries, Manager of Volunteers

» Joe Burke, Logistics Coordinator

» Joyce Robinson, UMCOR/FEMA Liaison

Katrina Church Recovery Appeal – Advance # 4331-K


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