Jarvis Property Restoration Deploys To East Coast To Assist Commercial and Industrial Property Owners From Damages Caused By Hurricane Irene
Press Release:
Early Saturday morning several semi trucks left Harrison Township, Michigan filled with water damage cleanup and hurricane repair supplies. Jarvis Property Restoration, a leading national disaster recovery company, headquartered in Harrison Township, has committed resources from several company locations, including Illinois and Florida, to assist property owners in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and New York from destruction caused by Hurricane Irene. The semi trucks will help supply dozens of team members already en route with roof tarps, water damage drying equipment, board up materials and non perishable food items. Jarvis expects to have upwards of fifty team members on the ground by Monday, and has committed all of its resources to helping property owners recover from this weekend’s historical storm.
Jarvis has a strong track record of being one of the first companies on scene following catastrophic storm disasters. The company spent several months in Minot, North Dakota this year, helping rebuild the local community from historical river flooding. The potential for significant flooding and storm damage from Hurricane Irene, will likely place services for water damage cleanup companies in high demand over the next few weeks, and Jarvis responded to the call for additional help to these areas.
Jarvis will focus repair and recovery efforts for commercial and industrial properties. The company’s large fleet of power generators and desiccant dehumidifiers will enable it to tackle projects in excess of one million square feet. Jarvis has tremendous experience with repairing hospitals, retail stores and high rise buildings following flooding disasters and hurricanes. The water damage restoration team is filled with dozens of members certified by the IICRC, the industries highest standard in restoration training. Jarvis’s water damage restoration team is involved with all phases of repair, from water extraction, thru drying and on to reconstruction.
Jarvis Property Restoration in a privately held company founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1979 by Sheryl and Bill Jarvis. Jarvis presently has offices in the States of Illinois, Iowa, Florida and Michigan. Jarvis has worked extensively in FEMA declared emergency zones including New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina and is registered through FEMA as a first responder. In the summer of 2008, Jarvis spent over six months in the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa leading a team of 1600 workers to cleanup flood damaged government buildings after the Cedar River flooded the entire city and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
If you own or manage a commercial property that has been damaged by Hurricane Irene, you can reach a member of Jarvis’s first responders by calling 1-866-452-7847 or visiting Jarvis Property Restoration online.
Contact Information
Don Marks
1-866-452-7847
dmarks@jarvisconstruction.com
http://www.jarvisconstruction.com
Tropical Storm Irene Could Become a Category 2 Hurricane as it Tracks toward Florida
Emergency management officials in Miami are advising people living in Florida to keep a watchful eye on Irene, this year’s ninth-named tropical storm, this week. Tracking models of National Hurricane Center show the whole state in the five-day cone of error. Irene is predicted to turn into a hurricane by Monday evening, the first one of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season and has a projected course ranging from Florida to North and South Caronlina.
At 11 p.m. Sunday, Irene was located 50 miles in the southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sustained winds of Irene was 70 mph. Sustained winds of 74 mph is needed to attain category 1 hurricane status, which is forecasted to be achieved for a short period of time by Tropical Storm Irene as it moves over parts of Hispaniola late Monday or early Tuesday. Irene is expected to regain the hurricane status after it emerges off northern Cuba on Wednesday and tracks in the direction of Florida and the Southeast United States on Thursday and over the weekend. Tropical force winds of up to 150 miles extending outward from its center were also recorded.
Latest track maps forecast its movement toward Florida’s east coast. However, official monitoring its course said that it is too early to exactly state where Irene might go. Certain computer models show it to be heading toward south Florida, while others predict it would move along the west coast of the state. The official forecast model shows that the Tropical Storm Irene could reach shores near Cape Canaveral on Thursday night or early Friday. However, they are not absolutely certain about it yet.
Tropical storms like Irene that could become hurricanes can damage and destroy homes as well as other properties. It is quite common for a hurricane to cause severe damages to housing and buildings, which cost millions of dollars in cleanup, repairs and rebuilding. Most structures affected by a hurricane are usually demolished completely and require huge amounts of money for restoration.
Another major impact of a hurricane is the displacement of people whose homes were destroyed by a hurricane. Many people completely lose their homes and most of the times they have to start allover again or be relocated at other places. This has a serious effect on the economy of the affected community.
People residing in the hurricane prone areas must take all the necessary precautions and preventive measures to minimize the damage.
Tropical Storm Emily Intensifies as it Churns Across Caribbean
Tropical storm Emily is the 5th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season and it was heading on a west-northwesterly path about 180 miles south-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico Tuesday evening.
So far, Emily does not pose a risk to gas and oil production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico but conditions seem to indicate that the storm will grow stronger as it continues cutting its path through the Atlantic. Officials are saying that pinpointing the storm’s track is difficult so they are telling residents of Florida to keep an eye on the daily developments and to be sure that personal and business disaster kits and emergency plans are ready.
Emily has yet to be defined as a Category 1 hurricane which is the weakest type wherein damage typically leads to shattered windows and the destruction of older homes and roofs. Emily’s maximum wind speeds are at about 50 miles per hour. For a tropical storm to be classified as a Category 1 hurricane, it must consist of wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour.
The development of Emily as the fifth named storm of the hurricane season is a reminder to people living in Florida that the time is here to secure their homes. Tropical storms tend to produce especially heavy rains and these rains can trigger flash floods which can wreak havoc on property. South Florida should prepare for the possibility of heavy rain and windy weather this coming weekend.
It is important for people in Florida to start planning their hurricane kits, evacuation routes and where they are planning to go, how they will get there and what they will do with pets if and when hurricanes move into the region. It is also important to know what you will do if you have elderly family members that need to be taken care of. Waiting until the last minute is never a good idea. Even though it may seem as though it may be a calm hurricane season with only five named storms thus far, people should know that 95% of all hurricanes occur after August 1st.
New residents of Florida tend not to understand the importance of planning for hurricane season or they simply have a tendency to downplay it. However, ask anyone who has lived through one and the first thing they will say is that they have plans and that they will leave if necessary. When prepping your evacuation routes, you should prepare for the worst-case scenario. You will need cash on hand as credit cards will be useless without power. You also should keep the gas tank on your vehicle filled up because gas stations will be closed when a hurricane is approaching. Many lessons were learned from Katrina, Ivan and Ike and the chances of more devastating hurricanes happening in Florida and along the southeastern US coastline is great – it is just a matter of when.
