Sisters crew responds to national disasters

Since the end of September, GFP Enterprises, LLC has been actively engaged in disaster relief recovery efforts following the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. At the height of the response efforts, GFP was providing needed resources and services at 40 separate locations throughout North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia. The services and resources being provided include full-service base camps, shower trailers, laundry trailers, restroom trailers, potable water provision and wastewater removal, food services, along with on-site management and staffing.

To date, GFP has provided over 55 shower trailers, 31 laundry trailers, 25 restroom trailers, more than 75 power generators, 10 potable water tankers, 10 waste water tankers, 4 base camps, ADA accessible restroom and shower trailers, 4 full service staffed mobile kitchens, and over 150 first responders. Many of the sites that GFP is servicing require full wrap services including the provision of potable water, power, wastewater removal, fuel, propane, and onsite management. One of the standout feeding missions required GFP providing 2,500 meals within 18 hours of notification. Many of these sites do not have clean water, requiring this lifeline provision to be trucked in many times per day.

“The devastation caused by the flooding cannot be overstated,” said GFP’s CEO Don Pollard. “The human factor has had a lasting impact on GFP and its employees.

Mike Denning, one of GFP’s Senior Vice Presidents of Logistics said, “This has been an extremely rewarding experience. We are making a difference here in the local communities more than any job I can remember. It was a very eye-opening experience that I won’t forget. We have a solid group of people that work for us. (I believe) no other company could do what we did with the quality and compassion our employees showed.”

With over four hundred pieces of mobile equipment and over three hundred employees geographically located throughout the United States, GFP can respond quickly to fires, hurricanes, and other disasters, natural or man-made.

Pollard noted in a press release that the organization is thankful to be a valued and trusted partner to its customers in responding to disasters or crises nationwide.

“These relationships have been developed based on trust and reliability over a span of two decades,” he said. “Since 2000, very few companies have had the multitude of opportunities GFP has had to respond and provide needed resources and first responders in a time of need. None of this is possible without a large amount of capability, scalability, and a large pool of trained, qualified and experienced employees who are committed.”

GFP Response is still servicing over 20 locations in North Carolina today and will continue to provide services for as long as they are needed.