Trisha Oakes, from the Louisville District and working as a contract specialist for temporary emergency power in Puerto Rico, helps organize the dozens of trucks leaving the Incident Support Base on Fort Buchanon on Dec. 24, 2017. On this day, more than 20 generators were scheduled to be loaded, delivered and installed to critical facilities throughout the island – the temporary emergency power team here recently exceeded 1,000 generators installed. The work is providing a critical need for the residents of Puerto Rico, but has exceeded any operation done before it and requiring dozens of team


Trisha Oakes, from the Louisville District and working as a contract specialist for temporary emergency power in Puerto Rico, helps organize the dozens of trucks leaving the Incident Support Base on Fort Buchanon on Dec. 24, 2017. On this day, more than 20 generators were scheduled to be loaded, delivered and installed to critical facilities throughout the island – the temporary emergency power team here recently exceeded 1,000 generators installed. The work is providing a critical need for the residents of Puerto Rico, but has exceeded any operation done before it and requiring dozens of teams to ensure the generators are inspected, maintained and fueled every day.


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