Disaster Recovery Company Responds to 21 Disasters Resulting from Winter Storm
January 30, 2009
Agility Recovery Solutions recovering businesses and municipalities in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Florida
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 30, 2009) – A winter storm continues to ravage the Midwest and Northeast, cutting power, phone and Internet connectivity to millions of homes and businesses. Disaster recovery provider Agility Recovery Solutions is currently recovering 21 businesses and government entities in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Florida with electrical and network services. An additional nine organizations have Agility on standby for potential recoveries in the next 24 hours.
“Agility restored these organizations’ operations within 12 to 24 hours of receiving each disaster declaration,” said Bob Boyd, president and CEO of Agility Recovery. “Our generator and satellite resources are currently in place with insurance agencies, banks, city halls, civic centers, 911 command centers, community shelters and water plants. All of the recoveries are a direct result of the snow and ice storm that continues to pummel the U.S.”
One Agility recovery is taking place in Paducah, Ky., a community of over 25,000 residents in western Kentucky. The majority of the city is without cellular phone service and the city government is utilizing Agility’s alert notification service to coordinate its internal recovery efforts. Two Agility-provided generators are onsite and powering the city hall and public works buildings
In addition to Paducah, Agility is in contact with the nearly 400 cities throughout Kentucky that are part of the Kentucky League of Cities, an association that provides resources, advocacy and assistance to help make cities more livable.
One insurance agency in Dexter, Mo., about 170 miles south of St. Louis, is utilizing its Agility-assisted disaster recovery to help the community. The agency is up-and-running with an Agility generator and opened its doors for locals to utilize a free soup kitchen, wireless Internet and even beds. All this is happening while the agency’s employees are taking claims from their clients. The agency’s community efforts will continue until power is restored, which may take days or weeks.
Power and connectivity resources are only two aspects of Agility’s recovery capabilities. The company also has mobile office units and computer/server technology that can be delivered to a client’s site within 48 hours of a disaster declaration. Put together, the power, connectivity, space and technology resources form a self-sustaining mobile office, free from land-based power and connectivity resources.
Visit AgilityRecovery.com for more information.
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