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<br /> �lx�fi��• '',� y, ,.�,t�����'�,�,. Neel-Schaffer had been selected by the Lafayette
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<br /> tat. ye� o -dated, Monitoring in September 2006. This pre-position va-
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<br /> +'^�-_ 11*.•,,,,,l .,. 'it �"',,i"fit?i contract allowed for the LCG officials to take a pro- . s i * ° - .
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<br /> ;3ti`� ' t °` :. active approach for preparing their staff,C' and s
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<br /> t4,$1 .W.Li , c',e- .k citizens for future disasters. Neel-Schaffer met with .:
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<br /> V'� . ,tt LCG officials follow€. the award of the contract to
<br /> 7{-1FR lk l Sy l q discuss pre-planning operation procedures. This effort .
<br /> fit f 91 i ```` paid off when Hurricane Gustav(DR-1786)made .
<br /> t ,, °yth''ati;w g,,x=K�' , landfall in the state of Louisiana on September 1,2008. •
<br /> i4:t>ti kAKq .. �},4 i �'.:�:`t=4:{,`'.;l' Our debris response team was deployed to Lafayette prior to landfall in an effort to expedite
<br /> z l A:':,S +f`'S i Y : : '.' debris recovery services. The storm passed through the Lafayette area on September 2,
<br /> b, 4, :t,Ay '.;-fc,'kji:,i'17 2008 and work quickly began for initiating the 70-hour push contract to clear primary roads
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<br /> tr°.';s4`,:,;:."::•,.,,t=�': to begin a preliminary damage assessment of the city and report this vital information to the
<br /> `?z, zti`.''' ,; �' '��y Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness(GOHSEP)in order
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<br /> .,ilte D.:-:`"'?'�`,', ='' `'""'' to substantiate the need for a presidential major disaster declaration.
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<br /> z - :"'.:':''`•:''::'.. The next phase of the recovery rocess began September 6,2008 for Neel-Schaffer to
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<br /> '' 4`.-' ,!� '='I: = ':'` i:!.=` 276,000 cubic yards(cy)of vegetative debris and trimmed 15,235 trees that were damaged
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<br /> :: ;. tty V;,°?.{:,`: from the storm. The City elected to recycle the vegetative debris into 72,000 cy of mulch that
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<br /> '` :; :: '' :: : ' Neel-Schaffer also provided the LCG with a Debris Management Plan that was approved by
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