- Reaction score
- 3,949
- Points
- 1,260
Note HESCO's attainment of PR mileage for its products (check below initial news items)
CBC.ca: "The Canadian military is on standby to help in Manitoba's battle against the impending Red River flood. Members of the Canadian forces came to the province's aid in 1997, lending a hand in sandbagging and building dikes against the rising tide. As they left the city, they were cheered in a heroes' parade down Portage Avenue. "We're exploring what assistance can be required, if needed, through our joint emergency preparedness program," federal Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said Thursday in Ottawa. "And there's, of course, our disaster assistance program, (an) after-the-fact way of assisting with funding, should events arise."....
Winnipeg Free Press: "The Canadian military is prepared to help Winnipeg battle the rising Red once again. Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said today the military is "on standby ready to provide resources if need be." During the 1997 flood, the Canadian military sent more than 8,500 personnel to Manitoba to help with everything from sandbagging and diking to evacuations and medical assistance. It was the largest deployment of Canadian troops since the Korean War. Van Loan said the federal government is in constant contact with Manitoba emergency officials and is ready with any kind of help that might be needed. "There’s not a need for a declaration of a natural disaster in advance or anything like that that you see in the United States on television," he said. Ottawa is exploring what assistance can be provided through emergency preparedness programs, he said, adding that disaster financial assistance will kick in automatically as per the existing agreement. Federal disaster money becomes available once damage costs exceed about $1.2 million in Manitoba. Disaster costs include evacuation operations, restoring public works and infrastructure and replacing or repairing basic, essential personal property of individuals, small businesses and farmsteads....."
First, the HESCO company news release: "HESCO Bastion USA technical representatives and National Guard personnel are working around the clock installing HESCO Concertainer Flood Barriers as the Red River continues to rise, threatening dozens of communities in and around the City of Fargo. Installed in one-tenth of the time it takes to construct traditional sandbag levees, HESCO Bastion USA's innovative Concertainer barriers are an efficient, effective, and proven tool in emergency flood fighting campaigns. In fact, every structure protected by HESCO in the Louisiana region survived Hurricane Katrina. In addition to protecting people and property from the ravages of hurricanes and floodwaters, HESCO Concertainer technology is utilized by coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to safeguard personnel and military assets from enemy mortar rounds, small-arms fire, and IED's...."
...followed by some pretty high-grade third-party testimonial: "While deployed in Iraq, the towering Hesco barriers that ringed the base became a familiar sight to Army Spc. Ryan L. Karsky. These large, modular steel baskets, lined with a fine, mesh material, held compacted desert sand, gravel and chunks of concrete. They served as an effective shield against hostile fire and shrapnel. Now back home in North Dakota, Karsky, a member of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 817th Engineer Company, has found a different use for the trusty barriers. He was among about 50 Guard soldiers and airmen constructing miles of Hesco barriers along low-lying parts of Fargo, which is dealing with major flooding ...."
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CBC.ca: "The Canadian military is on standby to help in Manitoba's battle against the impending Red River flood. Members of the Canadian forces came to the province's aid in 1997, lending a hand in sandbagging and building dikes against the rising tide. As they left the city, they were cheered in a heroes' parade down Portage Avenue. "We're exploring what assistance can be required, if needed, through our joint emergency preparedness program," federal Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said Thursday in Ottawa. "And there's, of course, our disaster assistance program, (an) after-the-fact way of assisting with funding, should events arise."....
Winnipeg Free Press: "The Canadian military is prepared to help Winnipeg battle the rising Red once again. Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said today the military is "on standby ready to provide resources if need be." During the 1997 flood, the Canadian military sent more than 8,500 personnel to Manitoba to help with everything from sandbagging and diking to evacuations and medical assistance. It was the largest deployment of Canadian troops since the Korean War. Van Loan said the federal government is in constant contact with Manitoba emergency officials and is ready with any kind of help that might be needed. "There’s not a need for a declaration of a natural disaster in advance or anything like that that you see in the United States on television," he said. Ottawa is exploring what assistance can be provided through emergency preparedness programs, he said, adding that disaster financial assistance will kick in automatically as per the existing agreement. Federal disaster money becomes available once damage costs exceed about $1.2 million in Manitoba. Disaster costs include evacuation operations, restoring public works and infrastructure and replacing or repairing basic, essential personal property of individuals, small businesses and farmsteads....."
First, the HESCO company news release: "HESCO Bastion USA technical representatives and National Guard personnel are working around the clock installing HESCO Concertainer Flood Barriers as the Red River continues to rise, threatening dozens of communities in and around the City of Fargo. Installed in one-tenth of the time it takes to construct traditional sandbag levees, HESCO Bastion USA's innovative Concertainer barriers are an efficient, effective, and proven tool in emergency flood fighting campaigns. In fact, every structure protected by HESCO in the Louisiana region survived Hurricane Katrina. In addition to protecting people and property from the ravages of hurricanes and floodwaters, HESCO Concertainer technology is utilized by coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan to safeguard personnel and military assets from enemy mortar rounds, small-arms fire, and IED's...."
...followed by some pretty high-grade third-party testimonial: "While deployed in Iraq, the towering Hesco barriers that ringed the base became a familiar sight to Army Spc. Ryan L. Karsky. These large, modular steel baskets, lined with a fine, mesh material, held compacted desert sand, gravel and chunks of concrete. They served as an effective shield against hostile fire and shrapnel. Now back home in North Dakota, Karsky, a member of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 817th Engineer Company, has found a different use for the trusty barriers. He was among about 50 Guard soldiers and airmen constructing miles of Hesco barriers along low-lying parts of Fargo, which is dealing with major flooding ...."
Air Force Staff Sgt. Jamie Frankl, of the 219th Security Forces Squadron, directs traffic so flood-fighting dump trucks can pass through intersections during the morning rush hour in Fargo, N.D., March 24, 2009. Dikes are being constructed to hold back the rising water of the Red River. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp
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