via Rick Seaton, Missouri Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Director:
THIS INFORMATION IS FOR TRAINED DISASTER RELIEF VOLUNTEERS
Our Incident Command Center is located at the Baptist Student Union of the Missouri Southern Baptist University – 906 South National Avenue – Joplin, MO. This will be where you will first check in if you are called out and where you will be eating. Sleeping will be at the Collegeview Baptist Church – 1602 North Duquense Road – Joplin, MO.
The following units are being called out:
Assessment – If you are a trained assessor you are needed immediately. Please contact MBC office at 800-736-6227, ext. 631.
The following units are on stand-by:
Chain Saw – All chain saw trained volunteers that are able to respond please contact Ron Crow at 417-624-0925. Cell phone access is limited at this time, but Ron’s cell phone number is 417-439-4789.
Feeding Units – Please be on stand by for further information.
Child Care – If you are able to respond for child care contact Angie Hurd at 314-540-2983.
Chaplains – All trained volunteers please contact our office here at MBC: 1-800-736-6227, ext 631.
Communication Unit – If you are able to respond, contact Jerry Palmer at 816-805-2523
Joplin is still in the state of search and rescue. We are still assessing and determining needs. Please be patient on responding and please no self deployment while the needs are still being assessed and determining availability of teams and volunteers.
We anticipate this being a long term response. We appreciate your concerns and desire to serve and will communicate further information as we are able.
– Rick