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AshBritt is a national turnkey rapid-response, emergency management and logistics, disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor. Since our inception in 1992, we have managed and executed more than 230 emergency response missions and numerous special environmental projects; successfully serving clients all over the country in their time of need.

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Our extensive experience has created an abundance of knowledge and experience for our principals, managers, and personnel. Our senior management and technical consultants have more than 200 years of combined experience with all facets of disaster recovery efforts including debris removal, management, reduction, processing, recycling, and disposal, as well as emergency planning, damage mitigation, and risk abatement.

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Our Experience

Since our inception in 1992, we have managed and executed more than 230 disaster recovery missions and numerous special environmental projects; successfully serving clients all over the country in their time of need. We have been directly involved in the debris recovery efforts of 50 federally declared major disasters in 18 states, beginning with Hurricane Andrew. All of these recovery missions were conducted under the authority and oversight of FEMA.

Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina

Project Detailsx

Client: US Army Corps of Engineers
Response Date:  2005

Project Overviewx

AshBritt was the Initial Response contractor for both Louisiana (LA) and Mississippi (MS). Within the first 30 days following contract activation, AshBritt initiated debris removal operations in 11 LA jurisdictions assigned by task order from the USACE and was tasked to service 16 separate jurisdictions in MS, covering over 8,400 square miles and over 175 miles inland. AshBritt identified and designated collection zones in each jurisdiction. We sourced, retained, and assigned subcontractors for all collection zones. Of vital importance to the mission, AshBritt provided emergency quarters and hygiene facilities for more than 300 government personnel, as well as established a commissary that served more than 10,000 meals. In LA, we provided over 50,000 gallons of emergency diesel fuel for initial operations, avoiding any equipment downtime. We also developed and staffed 26 TDSR sites throughout the affected areas and had collected and hauled over 1,000,000 cy of debris in less than 5 weeks. Additionally, we removed 19 tons of putrefied food from commercial cold storage facilities in Orleans Parish. In MS, we collected, hauled, and processed approximately 21 million cubic yards of vegetative debris and wreckage, staffing, managing, and operating 52 temporary debris processing sites. Specifically, we hauled over 700,000 loads of debris, using approximately 12,400 certified vehicles.

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
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Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency

Project Detailsx

Response Date:  2020

Project Overviewx

Tasked with providing 5 Medical Shelters, totaling 1,911 Beds. Each shelter included Mobile Showers, Mobile Bathroom Trailers, ADA Compliant Shower, Bathroom Trailers, Potable Water, Heavy Duty Cots, Linen Service, and Laundry Service, Power Generation, Sleep Kits, GFI Stringers, 10×10 ft. Partitions.

Florida Department of Emergency Management
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Florida Department of Emergency Management

Project Detailsx

Response Date:  2020

Project Overviewx

AshBritt provided meal service to state workers at two COVID-19 testing sites (Hard Rock Stadium and C.B. Smith Park) in pre-packaged individual grab and go meals using food-safe containers.

Miami Dade County Schools
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Miami Dade County Schools

Project Detailsx

Response Date:  2020

Project Overviewx

AshBritt was part of a Joint Venture in performing disinfectant and decontamination services at the Ruth K. Broad/Bay Harbor K-8 Center. Services were provided to 11 buildings, including 1 playground.

Texas Department of Emergency Management
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Texas Department of Emergency Management

Project Detailsx

Response Date:  2021

Project Overviewx

As a full-service, single-source contractor, AshBritt delivers a turnkey, fully staffed medical wrap-around serviced shelter offering Monoclonal Antibody Therapy and general low-level acuity care for COVID-19 patients.

Hurricane Irma
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Hurricane Irma

Project Detailsx

Overviewx

In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma AshBritt activated in over 70 jurisdictions across Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. AshBritt Conducted emergency road clearance, Right of Way vegetative debris collection, Debris Management Site management, reduction of vegetative debris through grinding, white goods collection and haul out services. Additionally, AshBritt conducted waterway collection services and  provided ancillary services including vacuum and fuel trucks.

Monroe County, FLx

Supplied two base camps capable of housing 1,100 people

Collier County, FLx

Served over 8,000 hot meals, delivered over 300 toilets, 6 person shower unit, supplied 125 generators, 2 special waste crews and built 11,000 ft. of roads to open 6 temporary debris site locations we developed, staffed, and operated throughout the affected areas.

Haiti Earthquake
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Haiti Earthquake

Project Detailsx

Response Date:  2010

Project Overviewx

Tasked with providing 5 Medical Shelters, totaling 1,911 Beds. Each shelter included Mobile Showers, Mobile Bathroom Trailers, ADA Compliant Shower, Bathroom Trailers, Potable Water, Heavy Duty Cots, Linen Service, and Laundry Service, Power Generation, Sleep Kits, GFI Stringers, 10×10 ft. Partitions.

Following the January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake, AshBritt immediately set to work implementing a response plan. AshBritt mobilized an extensive fleet of over 50 pieces of heavy equipment for our demolition and removal of damaged structures throughout Haiti.
AshBritt built a 5-acre man camp capable of supporting 300 workers. This camp including many construction projects and builds including:

  • A modular kitchen and dining room that could serve over 1,000 meals per day
  • Two refrigerated food storage units
  • A medical unit with a triage center and various medical equipment
  • Multiple sanitary facilities, showers, bathrooms and wash stations
  • Portable Laundry Facility
  • 10 modular homes which included a bathroom, office, and bedroom in each
  • 40 modular living modules capable of housing up to 8 people each
  • 12 modular villas with a bathroom and kitchenette
  • Physical fitness unit

Mobilization of all equipment required:

  • 2 100-meter RORO transport ships.
  • 6 40-meter bow loading RORO transport ship.
  • Multiple private aircraft into PAP.
  • 25 Man construction crew for camp setup and offloading.
  • 8 Man administrative and project management staff.

AshBritt provided living accommodations (temporary and long term) and offsite meals and transportation for various aid agencies, including:

  • UNOPS
  • Project Medishare
  • Doctors without Borders
  • Multiple missionary teams
  • Haiti Recovery Group field teams
    • Blue Cut Fire
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    Blue Cut Fire

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: August 2016
    Location: San Bernardino County, CA

    Overviewx

    Because of the mass evacuations for the Blue Cut Fire, AshBritt provided housing support, donation management, 40 Port-o-potties, which included 15 ADA compliant units for the residents of the County. AshBritt also delivered 40 portable showers, which included 4 ADA compliant units. AshBritt had units on site within 14 hours of request.

    Hurricane Michael
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    Hurricane Michael

    Project Overviewx

    This mission was part of the long term recovery efforts in the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and South Carolina post Hurricane Michael.  AshBritt was assigned various zones within the city to conduct debris clean-up in residential neighborhoods.

    City of Houston C&D Debris Mission
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    City of Houston C&D Debris Mission

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: May-October 2018
    Location: City of Houston, Texas

    Key Factsx

    Total Cubic Yards of C&D Debris Collected: 23,708.25 CY

    Project Overviewx

    This mission was part of the long term recovery efforts in the City of Houston post Hurricane Harvey.  AshBritt was assigned various zones within the city to conduct debris clean-up in residential neighborhoods.

    St. Lucie County Red Tide Fish Kill
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    St. Lucie County Red Tide Fish Kill

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: October 2018
    Location: St. Lucie County, FL

    Key Factsx

    82,720 pounds of dead fish removed.

    Project Overviewx

    AshBritt led the collection and disposal during a fish kill mission for St. Lucie County, FL due to a Red Tide Algae Bloom.

    USACE Northern California Wildfire Debris Removal Mission
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    USACE Northern California Wildfire Debris Removal Mission

    Project Detailsx

    Overviewx

    AshBritt Inc. responded to the Tubbs, Nuns, Pocket, Atlas, Redwood Valley, and Sulphur fire for the USACE (2017). AshBritt was tasked by the USACE to conduct a Private Property Debris Removal (PPDR) operation for fire damaged homes and structures in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake County, CA. This work included removing contaminated soil, ash, metal, concrete, and other related debris streams on over 1,900 properties. AshBritt removed over 770,000 tons of fire debris within the four counties. We also performed air monitoring and implemented erosion control methods throughout the entire project. For this operation, we certified over 1,700 hauling units and utilized over 200 pieces of loading equipment. At our peak, AshBritt had over 115 debris removal crews working and moved 25,000 tons of fire debris in one day.

    Hurricane Harvey
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    Hurricane Harvey

    Project Detailsx

    Overviewx

    In the wake of Hurricane Harvey AshBritt activated in 14 jurisdictions across Texas. AshBritt conducted Right of Way vegetative debris and C&D collection, white good collection, Debris Management Site management, reduction of debris through grinding and compaction, and haul out services and provided emergency water services.

    BP Oil Spill
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    BP Oil Spill

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: June 10, 2010
    Location: FL Dept of Env. Protection (Bay County) and FL Dept of Env. Protection (Gulf County), FL

    Key Factsx

    Provided staging, deployment, maintenance, repair and removal of approximately 106,000 linear feet of oil deflection boom

    Project Overviewx

    AshBritt provided Ancillary Services on two seperate missions related to the BP oil spill. AshBritt provided staging, deployment, maintenance, repair and removal of approximately 95,000 linear feet of oil deflection boom and provided the same services for another 11,000 linear feet of oil deflection boom.

    Severe Storms and Flooding – TX 2016
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    Severe Storms and Flooding – TX 2016

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: May 2016
    Location: City of Jersey Village, TX

    Overview

    AshBritt conducted public right of Way collection for vegetative debris, C&D, and white goods as well as freon removal. AshBritt also removed debris streams due to flooding.

    Red Tide Fish Kill
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    Red Tide Fish Kill

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: November 2015
    Location: Longboat Key, FL

    Key Factsx

    Over 10,000 lbs of fish removed

    Project Overviewx

    AshBritt led the collection and disposal of deadfish mission for the City of Longboat Key, FL. This included the utilization of a 33’ Tri-toon boat to collect, transport, and dispose of dead fish due to a Red Tide Algae Bloom.

    Severe Rainstorms
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    Severe Rainstorms

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: June 2014
    Location:Fairfax County, VA

    Project Overviewx

    AshBritt deployed equipment and manpower to Virginia following severe rainstorms that produced high winds and knocked over trees. Through activation of our county contract, AshBritt was specifically tasked to assist with debris clearing, and removal from the public Right of Way.

    Flooding of the Rio Grande
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    Flooding of the Rio Grande

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: July 2010
    Location: Hidalgo County, TX

    Project Overviewx

    AshBritt oversaw the relocation of flood waters from multiple low-lying communities throughout the County through the utilization of Super Vac Trucks and pumps.

    Hurricane Sandy
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    Hurricane Sandy

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: March 2013
    Location:69 Jurisdictions throughout the States of New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, and Virginia

    Key Factsx

    • Hauled 64,891 loads of debris
    • Utilized 1,755 certified operational vehicles
    • Employed and managed 94 subcontractors, 70 of which were domiciled in NJ
    • Deployed 36 Tree crews to remove 5,000 hazardous trees and 45,000 dangerous hanging limbs
    • Removed and disposed of 2,900 drums (55gal) of HHW
    • Collected, hauled and processed 60 tons of e-waste
    • Collected, hauled and processed 20,000 white goods – 5,000 contained Freon, all were delivered to local recycling centers
    • Utilized multiple sand screening machines to screen 200,000 cubic yards of sand that was washed from the beaches into the public streets
    • Located, established and operated a vessel aggregation area for 42 sunken or submerged vessels recovered by AshBritt.

    Overview

    AshBritt was activated by the state of New Jersey and 53 municipalities. AshBritt identified and designated collection zones in each municipal jurisdiction. We sourced, retained and assigned subcontractors for all collection zones. We developed, staffed and operated 42 DMS sites throughout the affected areas and collected and hauled 3,000,000 cubic yards of debris in 90 days. In total 3,171,531 cubic yards removed, managed, processed and disposed.

    Hurricane Ike
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    Hurricane Ike

    Project Detailsx

    Response Date: October 1, 2008 – February 10, 2009
    Location: Texas

    Overview

    On September 13th, 2008 Hurricane Ike made landfall in eastern TX as a strong Category 2 hurricane bringing winds of 100 mph as well as significant storm surge. AshBritt responded to 15 jurisdictions in the state of Texas in order to assist with various disaster recovery needs. AshBritt has identified two signature projects that were conducted in order to give a better overview of the type of services AshBritt provided during this event.

    Orange County, TX

    September 14, 2008 – February 10, 2009
    The winds brought down numerous limbs and trees but also caused widespread flooding throughout the County due to the storm surge causing the Sabine River to overflow its banks and flood the City municipalities that are located along the banks of the Sabine River. The debris stream from this project was not only vegetation due to the high winds but also contained a substantial amount of construction and demolition debris due to the flooding that occurred. AshBritt and our subcontractors:

    • Collected, processed and disposed of 620,000 CY of disaster generated debris.
    • Collected over 6,400 large truckloads of disaster-related debris
    • Utilized more than 130 hauling vehicles
    • Tasked with the drying out and restoration of 17 county-owned buildings that had been inundated by floodwaters
    • Tasked with asbestos abatement of 35 residential homes that had to be condemned due to floodwater inundation. AshBritt’s certified asbestos abatement crews removed shingles, siding, tile and other materials that contained friable asbestos and disposed of it per local regulations.

    Galveston, TX

    October 1, 2008 – October 26, 2008
    AshBritt provided services for debris collection, removal, temporary storage, management, reduction and lawful disposal. This mission was unique due to the abundance of historic buildings that were damaged and needed environmental attention. Work consisted of:

    • Handled over 11,000 White Goods, of which 4,300 required Freon Extraction and 4,800 required decontamination owing to putrescent food and other substances.
    • Collected and processed over 2,200 E-waste units
    • Collected and processed over 195,000 pounds of household hazardous waste (HHW).
    • We collected approximately 7,500 loads of debris utilizing 140 hauling vehicles.
    Every aspect of our disaster response package was required, and I can say without hesitation that AshBritt executed every item and service in a timely and professional manner. All deadlines were met and in most cases arrived considerably sooner than anticipated. AshBritt provided cut out and drying of all County buildings, records preservation and restoration, debris management (vegetative, C&D, HHW, E-Waste and white goods), along with many other services. The logistical support provided by AshBritt included generators, food, water, fuel, portable offices, shower units and many other items. Since enlisting their services, my experience with AshBritt has been extremely positive. They have exceeded all expectations each time I have called upon them to respond. Every call to AshBritt with a question or concern has resulted in immediate response. The yearly training that they provide for us has been invaluable, and has helped me bring together many jurisdictions in our area. Every AshBritt representative I have been in contact with has shown nothing but the highest degree of professionalism. We have been duly impressed with their services, and would recommend them for any services they offer. -Charlie Kelly, Emergency Management Coordinator, Galveston, TX
    I have worked with AshBritt, Inc. for 4+ years. Each year they take the extra steps to visit and train with us at the start of Hurricane Season. Because of their extra effort and professionalism, I would like to express my gratitude for the excellent service that your company provided during Hurricane Ike last year. We are very pleased with the quality of service and sincerely appreciate your responsiveness. AshBritt, Inc. provided outstanding project management as well as tremendous resources and excellent services to the City of Galveston during the course of cleaning up after Hurricane Ike. AshBritt’s management team has demonstrated excellent professionalism and provided great expertise and knowledge due to their professional experience in the disaster response and recovery industry. I highly recommend AshBritt for any work relating to disaster recovery services in the cleaning up of storm debris. -Leo McDermott, Mayor, City of Pass Christian, MS
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    ARIC [Austin Regional Infusion Center] has been such an amazing resource for our COVID-19 positive high risk patients...The approval process was extremely easy and they were able to fit our patients in quickly. They worked well with our security staff and ultimately we have had excellent feedback from our patients. Dr. Alex Meagher, Medical Director, Travis County (TX) Sheriff’s Office, March 2021
    The AshBritt, Inc. team has provided excellent Disaster Debris Collection and Temporary Debris Site Management always exceeding our expectations for years. A GREAT TEAM providing the highest level of communication before, during and following a disaster! John Archambo, Director of Operations, Solid Waste Authority, Palm Beach, May 2021
    The city [Portsmouth, VA] is very appreciative of everyone’s hard work and positive energy. Without the partnership with AshBritt, the [COVID-19 vaccination] mission would not have been nearly as successful. We are very thankful to have worked alongside such a great team over the past three months and are happy to report the mission is accomplished. David Topczynski, Deputy Coordinator, Portsmouth Office of Emergency Management, May 2021
    AshBritt was the biggest debris removal contractor in Mississippi after Katrina. AshBritt won a competitive contract with the Corps of Engineers to do the Corps’ clean-up in Mississippi, and this turned out to be a great blessing for our state. AshBritt did a tremendous job, subcontracted work to many Mississippi companies and provided jobs to hundreds of our workers. Originally I was skeptical of the Corps bringing in an outside company, but AshBritt proved me wrong, and we will always be grateful for AshBritt in our state. Haley Barbour - Governor of MS during Hurricane Katrina
    AshBritt, Inc.’s constant communication before, during and after Hurricane Irma provided a true sense of confidence …. They are a proven and experienced disaster response team that will exceed a customer’s expectations at every turn. Solid Waste Authority - Palm Beach - February 2018
    I can confidently say that if AshBritt had not made the proactive outreach to local small companies like mine, we would not have had the privilege of being part of this recovery effort. This has been a legacy project for our company and is allowing us to build our business in the same way we [are] building our community. David Carroll, President - Pacific Recycling Solutions - January 2018

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