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BHATE RESPONDS AFTER SOUTHERN TORNADOES

 

When Alabama and adjacent states were pummeled by 54 tornadoes between April 25-27, Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc. responded immediately to a request for twenty 10-person oversight and household hazardous waste segregation crews. The request came at 3 p.m.; we had 140 men in place and working at 7 a.m. the next morning. Our role was to provide OSHA-trained workers, asbestos trained inspectors/supervisors, equipment and staff to perform segregation of hazardous household debris for transportation and disposal.

Seven days later, we increased our crew levels to 200, working at more than 10 locations throughout Alabama. Under contract to Phillips and Jordan, Inc (P&J), Bhate has been instrumental in supporting the clean-up throughout the devastated state.

The storm warning areas in the graphic above demonstrate the path of the storms that impacted multiple states. Note that 9 of the tornadoes were ranked EF4 or EF5 (based on Enhanced Fujita Scale—EF Scale). Fatalities totaled 238 in Alabama alone.

Bhate is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

“…I could not be more pleased. I look forward to continuing to work together on this
project and many others in the future as well.”
–Steve Thompson, P&J’s Alabama Storm Program Manager

News Update:

Having completed our storm cleanup in Alabama, Bhate has re-deployed resources to Joplin, MO to assist the residents there following the massive tornados that struck that town on May 22.