Bergeron Emergency Services Helps Parts of Florida Panhandle Recover from Hurricane Michael

October 2018 – November 2018
Seven municipalities including Bristol, the county seat of Liberty County, FL

Hurricane Michael earned a frightening list of distinctions including:

• The third-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall in the contiguous United States in terms of pressure
• The strongest Atlantic hurricane to form in the month of October since Hurricane Wilma in 2005.
• The strongest storm in terms of maximum sustained wind speed to strike the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992.
• The strongest storm on record in the Florida Panhandle
• The fourth-strongest hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States in terms of wind speed

In response, Bergeron reacted immediately and provided the following emergency response and disaster recovery services:

• Pick-up and haul operations covering 836 square miles
• 55 haul crews and 35 bucket trucks operating at the peak of the recovery efforts
• Removal of more than 481,900 cubic yards of storm debris
• Vegetative, hangers, learners and sumps, Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris
• Operated three Department of Environmental Protection-approved Debris Management Sites (DMS)
• Opened one temporary debris site in North Liberty County within 48 hours with two more sites opening within five days
• Burning of 425,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris
• Created dedicated entrances and exits for truck traffic within temporary debris sites
• Tracked truck traffic via FEMA-approved electronic ticketing
• Coordinated with monitoring firm
• Managed traffic flow through DMS sites
• Maintained stable terrain for traffic within DMS site.
• Subcontracted 20% of recovery work to local businesses
• No lost time, no safety or quality issues, no liquidated damages