We have been fielding requests from the Emergency Operations Centers in the impacted counties in Southwest Florida. Wakefield Brunswick resources provided are volunteer and covered by our incident response team budget. We provide ESF-8 EOC support and coordinate resources such as supplementing staffing and resource needs to impacted healthcare providers. Read our entire week one Field Summary Report here.

Outside of my professional role, the equestrian world has been a huge part my life for the past decade. While I had not expected that my obsession with horses would cross over into the FIT/WB Hurricane Ian effort, it began to quickly make sense in this case. But before I explain why, I want to share a story of the “unicorn” who has been a source of inspiration for all of us who have met him and love him. - Angela Devlen, CEO

Wakefield Brunswick and The Field Innovation Team have been deployed to SW Florida to provide response and recovery support to communities most impacted by Hurricane Ian. While Wakefield Brunswick will coordinate volunteers to support or augment personnel within healthcare organizations, FIT is supporting the needs of local emergency management organizations and the greater community with extensive experience in mass care sheltering (Washington, Texas, Florida, and Alabama communities) as well as co-building new solutions in response and recovery gaps.