Northland’s Disaster Response Team (DRT) was initiated after Hurricane Katrina and was mobilized in February 2007, when some of the deadliest tornadoes in Florida’s history swept through the state. Since then, the team has continued to serve the community and prepare for local and national disasters.

More than 500 Northlanders have been trained to assist in various ways—everything from providing medical care and food distribution to setting up temporary pet shelters. Two semi-trailer units allow the team to provide assistance during emergencies, whenever and wherever they occur. The Mobile Medical Response Unit is manned by medical profe
ssional, and the Mobile Kitchen Unit is capable of serving 30,000 meals ... per day!

Members of the DRT are trained both in the classroom and out in the field through simulations. Once a month, team members sharpen their skills at local community outreaches.

Interested in joining the team? Check out the upcoming calendar events on the right side of this page. From there, you will find information about coming events and have an opportunity to sign up.

There are many ways you can serve:

COMMUNITY CARE

-Distribute food, water, ice, diapers, and other goods

-Establish transitional pet shelters

-Register and coordinate unaffiliated/affiliated volunteers within the impacted areas

EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE

-Identify emotional and physiological symptoms

-Establish prayer lines and provide counseling, spiritual guidance, stress management and comfort to survivors and first responders

KITCHEN CARE

-Prepare and distribute hot meals within self-contained mobile disaster professional kitchens of various sizes and capacities for survivors and first responders

MEDICAL CARE

-Provide inoculations, medical support and first response health care in dedicated mobile medical semi-trailers and canvas shelters

TRANSPORTATION CARE

-Licensed CDL drivers will transport the response vehicles to impacted areas

-Provide carpentry services such as roof repairs, debris removal, short and long term housing construction

Questions? Contact Gretchen Kerr at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 407-949-7190.