Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Rapid Response in Slidell An ICE Rapid Response Team helped over a dozen residents of Slidell, LA escape rising flood waters as Hurricane Isaac raged through the Gulf Coast states the week of Aug. 27. Slidell residents, said Immigrations and Customs Enforcement…
CBP looked to safety of its agents as Isaac came ashore and pushes through
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: CBP’s Isaac ICP As Hurricane Isaac pounded the Gulf Coast region with drenching rains and 80 mile-per-hour winds the week of Aug. 27, U.S. Customs and Border Protection looked to ensure that its personnel manning ports of entry in the affected area…
CBP looked to safety of agents as Isaac came ashore, pushes through
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: CBP’s Isaac ICP As Hurricane Isaac pounded the Gulf Coast region with drenching rains and 80 mile-per-hour winds the week of Aug. 27, U.S. Customs and Border Protection looked to insure its personnel manning ports in the affected area were accounted for….
Feds dispatch rescue helicopters and supplies, as Isaac moves inland
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Louisiana Unified Coordination meeting FEMA has deployed search-and-rescue helicopters and rescue planners to inundated areas of Louisiana, as now-tropical storm Isaac churns inland, dumping over a foot of rain on Louisiana and the northern Gulf coast. Federal emergency management officials have met…
DHS, FEMA, White House emphasize continuing collaboration on Isaac prep
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA’s Fugate The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) and the White House emphasized continuing collaboration and communications between state and federal emergency management agencies as Tropical Storm Isaac bore down on the hurricane-weary Gulf Coast on Aug. 27….
Isaac threatens New Orleans on Katrina anniversary
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Isaac’s track, Aug. 27 National weather forecasters tracking tropical storm Isaac now moving past Florida into the Gulf of Mexico said it could bring areas near New Orleans storm surges of up to 12 feet with winds nearing 100 Mph as it…