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since March 2019: Looking at each of the Incident Types and Event Titles, we can see that each of these major disasters intimately involved trees. Orange County residents remember Hurricane Fran or the 2002 ice storm primarily because of all of the trees that fell or broke around them. Tropical Storm Michael might have been forgotten except for the remnants of all of the large uprooted hardwoods still visible in its long aftermath. While Orange County and its towns may have publicly funded resources for fire, EMT, and police responses, individuals and institutions generally must find private tree companies to deal with the fallen trees on their houses, buildings, vehicles, driveways, and yards. From its webpage on Disaster / Emergency Preparedness, consider Orange County’s own directives to its residents: If you hope for help from public emergency services, then hope that your tree emergency involves a roadway. Since, however, most of the trees that fall or break do not do so on a public roadway, most emergency responses for fallen or broken trees depend on the services of private tree companies such as the Treeist. Realizing that our clients and community rely on us to respond to emergencies, we are available to respond every day of every week without exception or holiday. Monitoring weather 12 29