Photos from Disaster Response efforts in Southern Illinois following the Spring 2011 floods. Photos by Paul Black
Addiitonal training materials had to be assembled due to crowd
Bishop Palmer addresses morning ERT Training
Bishop Palmer at a briefing with church FEMA Red Cross
Bishop Palmer greets staff of Metropolis First UMC
Bishop Palmer speaks to ERT Evening Training session
Bishop thanks Dena Hopkins for youth's sandbagging efforts
Bunny Wolfe IGRC Missions Coordinator and Seth Gardner FEMA
Earl Marlman of Metropolis greets Bishop Palmer
Flooding has caused the riverboat casino to be closed
IGRC Early Response Training wagon filled with materials and supplies
Ken Miner IGRC Disaster Response chair
Ken Miner with Leroy Allison left and Bill Minor right
Necia Jennings Carbondale First sorts cleaning supplies
Pete Ryan Cache River District Disaster Response coordinator
Sandbags still encircle this Metropolis home
Sandra Webster and Rev. Ed Hoke
Sandra Webster Red Cross coordinator for lower 14 Illinois counties
Stacks of sandbags at the street
The morning training session had additional registrants
The tools of the disaster response trade
UMCOR Evening Early Disaster Response Training
Workers haul sandbags to the street to be hauled away