Operation Hoosier Relief

Daily Update – Day 24

Mission Assignments:

• The third deployment of resources from Indiana for Operation Hoosier Relief will depart later this week.  This next deployment will include:
• 32 State Police personnel
• 30 local law enforcement officers
• 31 medical personnel
• 20 DNR personnel
• 6 Department of Homeland Security personnel

• DNR officials joined forces with marine units from North Carolina to participate in recovery and assistance missions in Hancock County.

• DNR discovered a large debris field on a routine patrol.  DNR will be returning to the area with K-9 teams to search for victims.

• Indiana State Police and local law enforcement officers from Indiana continue their patrols around Biloxi.  Law enforcement officers responded to dozens of calls for assistance and routine police matters. 

• The medical teams treated approximately 500 patients and dispensed 225 vaccinations.  The medical team is also working with a Vietnamese doctor and pharmacist to establish a mobile clinic to assist the area’s Vietnamese population.  Operation Hoosier Relief is donating overstocked medications to the clinic. 

• The medical team is exploring the possibility of establishing a new clinic in a Baptist church at the request of the neighborhood.  This clinic would also serve the nearby Head Start center.

• Hoosier Helper crews traveled 450 miles and made 56 stops to provide assistance and investigate abandoned vehicles.

Evacuee Assistance:

• Indiana is currently home to an estimated 4,600 guests from Hurricane Katrina.

• 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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