Daily Archives: December 11, 2012

HURRY UP AND WAIT!!

At least, that’s what it feels like!! No matter how significant the event or how much of a need we anticipate, SMART can actually only deploy when it is asked to do so, either by the state, local emergency management officials or by other organizations. In a situation like Sandy, we started preparing days ahead…

ADDITIONAL HELP NEEDED

One of the “lessons learned” from Sandy and from every other response that we’ve had over these last few years is that there is no such thing as having too many volunteers. With any particular event, only a fraction of our overall volunteer base will actually be available to assist. People have to work, they…