Operation Hoosier Relief

Daily Update – Day 13

State Government Action:

• This morning 48 members of Operation Hoosier Relief departed Indiana for Camp Indiana.  The group includes: 43 health professionals and 5 staff members from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

• Friday, 70 law enforcement officers from Indiana (35 State Police and 35 local law enforcement officers) and 37 officers from the Department of Natural Resources will leave the state for Camp Indiana.

• The current relief team will depart Biloxi on Saturday and return to Indiana.

• Indiana State Government continues processing applications for services by evacuees residing in Indiana.  Applications have been received from 194 people in 16 counties.

• The state has authorized $23,688 in food stamps, $2,878 in TANF payments, and eight Medicaid cases.

Mission Assignments:

• Conservation officers arrested an alligator poacher, continued boat patrols, and assisted in a Navy dive to check sunken boats for victims.

• IDNR Forestry crew cleared trees and debris from the Jefferson Davis home property.  Two Indiana Conservation Officers also participated to help secure artifacts from the home.

• Medical teams treated 600 patients and dispensed 350 shots. 

• Medical teams also visited three apartment complexes and established a second medical clinic in a Boys and Girls Club.

• Indiana State Police provided aid to 34 vehicles, and made two looting arrests.

Evacuee Assistance:

• Indiana is currently home to an estimated 3,100 evacuees.

• Indiana is encouraging all evacuees residing in Indiana to call the following toll-free number to register with the state and make themselves available for state assistance – 866-679-4631.

Volunteer Efforts:

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact INVOAD online at www.invoad.org or at 866-909-4673.

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