LERT deployment, Hurricane Helene response, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Augusta GA, 11-4 thru 15-2024

Type of Response: Tree Debris Removal

Location: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 402 Aumond Road, Augusta, GA

• Bring air mattress and bedding
• Shower provided
• Bring your own basic toiletries, wash clothes, towels, etc
• A/C working 
• Meals will be provided

Call Pastor Ed Brashier at (205) 296-3714 for further details.

Equipment:

Compact Skid-steers will be onsite.  Sawyers needed.

Bring your own chainsaw equipment & PPE

Only those 18 and old, who have gone through the LERT Chainsaw training, may operate a chainsaw.

Background checks are required for this deployment.

Please be aware that the details of this deployment are very fluid. Information is changing as the response continues. We will try to send updates in a timely fashion, but please check back often as information may change.

All volunteers who show up without registering will be considered spontaneous and will not be permitted to join in our work. 

Workdays will be  Monday through Friday, Nov 4 to 15.  

Health Precautions:

·      Proper personal protective equipment (PPE), hardhat, eye protection, protective chaps, gloves must be worn when operating or working near a chainsaw.

·      Sturdy, steel-toed work boots are required. Tennis shoes and open-toed shoes are not allowed on work sites. 

·      Long pants are required.