VBMB Disaster Relief Volunteers Needed for Mud-Out

Teams of Disaster Relief volunteers are now needed to help with mud-out in the following locations:

• In Illinois, East Moline and Lawrenceville need mud-out teams immediately.
• Quincy, Illinois, needs mud-out teams in one week.
• Wisconsin needs mud-out teams for the next three weeks.
• Iowa needs mud-out teams through July.

If you are able to recruit a team and/or go personally to help during either of the next two weeks, Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief will be happy to contact our colleagues in the affected states and make arrangements for your service.  Please email Terry Raines, Nichole Bulls, or Jeannette Hildebrand or call 800.ALL.BGAV (255.2428) and ask to speak to one of these individuals.

Virginia Baptists Stand Down

VBMB Disaster Relief units stood down for potential response to flooded areas of the US Midwest as their activation is not anticipated in the next 72 hours.

Recovery Unit assessors and managers Paul McDaniel and Leroy Williams were activated to manage teams for mud out activities in Wisconsin from states geographically closer than Virginia.

The possibility remains for activation of VBMB Disaster Relief volunteers as the flood waters make their way downstream.

Virginia Baptists on "Stand By"

The “Stand By” includes the following units:

• One field command & communication unit
• One feeding unit
• Two mud out recovery units
• One water purification unit
• One shower unit
• Four Crisis Care Chaplains
• One “White Hat” Site Coordinator
• “Blue Hat” Unit Managers for recovery, feeding, and crisis care

The initial team of “Yellow Hat” Unit Workers for feeding will be called by the Feeding Blue Hat. “Yellow Hats” for recovery will be called through the regional and association communications network.  Crisis Care Chaplains are being called by John Tadlock.

Activation is anticipated early to middle of next week.  The response site will likely be in Indiana.