Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
Florida Division of Emergency Management, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, City of Port Arthur Texas, United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Garner Environmental Services, Inc mobilized for the 2005 Hurricane season on July 6, 2005 for Hurricane Dennis and continued its response efforts well into 2006 providing services, equipment, logistics, and surge response. During the unprecedented 2005 hurricane season Garner concurrently managed and operated seven Logistical Staging Areas (LSA) in West Palm Beach, FL; Pensacola, FL; Live Oak, FL; Stennis MS; Franklinton, LA; Lake Charles, LA; and Port Arthur, TX. Garner tracked, mobilized and recovered thousands of pieces of equipment dispatched for its clients. Garner representatives worked in close coordination with Federal, State, and Local officials in the Emergency Operation Centers in Tallahassee, FL; Baton Rouge, LA; and Port Arthur, TX. Garner supplied the client’s citizenry with emergency power generators for critical needs infrastructure, material handling equipment for emergency goods warehousing and Points of Distribution (POD’s), and emergency pumping assets. Garner also led the decontamination projects on the San Gabriel morgue (New Orleans area), New Orleans International Airport, and mobile/temporary body storage units in the New Orleans area.