Published: March 31, 2010
Disaster Response Company, Jarvis Property Restoration, Arrives in Rhode Island to Assist with Flooding Cleanup
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - A Michigan disaster response company arrives in Rhode Island to
immediately begin assisting with cleanup and repairs from the historic
flood damage that has occurred over the past forty-eight hours. Jarvis
Property Restoration of Harrison Township, Michigan is a national
disaster response company and has been actively working in the Boston
Massachusetts area for the past two weeks following the flooding damages
caused in early March from torrential rain storms. Jarvis deployed a
team of first responders to Providence on Tuesday, March 30th
to begin coordinating relief efforts for property owners who have been
devastated by the recent storm. Jarvis presently has twelve work crews
and several semi-trucks of equipment in the Providence area and has
additional work crew's en-route to assist with cleanup efforts. Jarvis
has a team of IICRC technicians that utilize state of the art
restoration equipment to extract flood waters and begin the process of
drying out a property.
Rhode Island was declared a state of emergency by Governor Donald L.
Carcieri following an estimated ten inches of rain that has fallen over
the last three days. The Governor has requested that residents stay off
roads. The historic flooding has forced parts of I-95 to close, as well
as numerous roads throughout the state. The governor has closed all
government offices and has urged for businesses and municipalities to
also close to help ensure public safety.
Jarvis Property Restoration is a FEMA authorized contractor that has
worked extensively in disaster relief. In the summer of 2008, Jarvis
managed 1600 workers to clean and repair over thirty government
buildings in Cedar Rapids, Iowa following a devastating flood from the
Cedar River. Jarvis Property Restoration was founded in 1979 by Sheryl
and Bill Jarvis in Detroit, Michigan. Jarvis presently has offices in
Michigan, Iowa and Florida and maintains numerous response hubs across
the United States to respond to unexpected disasters. Jarvis has set up
a local relief number (401) 648-8966 for Rhode Island area homeowners,
businesses and government agencies that are in need of water damage
restoration services.
Jarvis Property Restoration
Don Marks
dmarks@jarvisconstruction.com
1-866-452-7847
http://www.jarvisconstruction.com
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