Emergency Response

 

 

Our emergency response experience includes efforts following the largest emergency and disaster events in the U.S.  We have a proven management plan and decades of experience.  P&J can quickly mobilize the resources to start and sustain a response and recovery project of any size.

 

Contact: 
P&J Emergency Response Group • Mike Harwood • 828.479.3371 • mharwood@pandj.com 

 

 

Brochure:   

Click to download the Emergency Response Group brochure (PDF file)

 

 

2011 Alabama Tornado Recovery

Various Counties, Alabama
The tornados that struck Alabama in the spring of 2011 resulted in one of the deadliest wind events in US history.  P&J performed ROW and private property debris removal, tree and stump work, waste segregation, white goods collection and processing, and other incidental services. P&J also managed 32 Temporary Debris Storage and Reduction (TDSR) sit...
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Debris Removal & Disposal Following 2011 Joplin, MO Tornado

Jasper and Newton Counties, Joplin, Missouri
Phillips and Jordan, Inc. was subcontracted by Weston Solutions to remove and dispose of debris that resulted from the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011.  This catastrophic EF5 multi-vortex tornado with estimated wind speeds exceeding 200 mph, ripped a path through Joplin that was approximately one mile wide and six miles long.  Phi...
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TVA Kingston Plant Fly Ash Disposal at Arrowhead Landfill

Perry County, Uniontown, Alabama
Phillips and Jordan was contracted to unload rail cars of fly ash from the clean-up of a 1.1 billion gallon fly ash slurry spill at TVA's Kingston, Tennessee Fossil Plant and to safely dispose of the material at the Arrowhead Landfill in Uniontown, Alabama. A system was established to unload up to 110 rail cars per day.

Rail cars had to be compl...
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BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Jackson County, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Following the BP deep water oil spill, P&J was subcontracted by Miller Environmental Group to perform cleanup at Pascagoula Beach East and Petit Bois Island in Pascagoula, MS, Navarre Beach in Pensacola, FL and Seagrove Beach in Destin, FL. Our scope of work also included offshore oil skimming and supervision of all crews under Miller Environmental...
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I-40 Rock Slide Removal at Mile Marker 2

Haywood County, Maggie Valley, North Carolina
Following a severe rock slide on Interstate 40 in Haywood County, NC, in October of 2009, the NCDOT contracted P&J to assess, plan, and perform slope stabilization and debris removal.

Using blast patterns designed in cooperation with the NCDOT Geotechnical Unit material was blasted and scaled down the slope where it was broken into smaller piec...
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Hurricanes Katrina & Rita Debris Removal, Reduction and Recovery

Various Parishes, Louisiana
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita resulted in what was deemed the largest natural disaster to strike the United States. In addition to debris removal services, P&J performed private property debris removal, demolition, tree and stump work, waste segregation, white goods collection and processing, e-waste collection and processing, small motorized equipme...
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I-40 Slide Repair, MM1 to MM5

Haywood County, Maggie Valley, North Carolina
This project was an emergency slide repair and restoration project on I-40 between milemarkers 1 and 5.  The work included 4,850 SF of Permanent Anchor Tieback Wall, 7,250 SY of Geo-Brugg Ring Nets, and 17,350 TN of Class VII Rip Rap.
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World Trade Center Forensic Recovery Project

Richmond County, Staten Island, New York
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City produced the most complex debris field in the Nation’s history. As the USACE’s Advanced Contracting Initiative (ACI) Contractor for Debris Management, we were tasked with: strategic planning for debris removal and disposal, monitoring activity at the World Tra...
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