Firefighter from Decatur Steps Up, Brings Personal Supply Train to North Carolina Disaster Zone
Adron Davis, a local firefighter, and approximately nine of his buddies made the decision to travel and assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which decimated a significant portion of North Carolina in September.
As part of their efforts to assist in the reconstruction process, they not only sent six trucks and five trailers but also prepared meals for everyone. In order to provide food for as many as one thousand individuals, the menu featured 45 gallons of chicken stew, 45 gallons of pasta, about one thousand ribeye steak sandwiches, and one thousand breakfast burritos.
According to Davis, one of the most significant aspects of their journey was going to be the cuisine.
“That’s the first thing people need, right?” he stated. “You can’t work when you’re hungry. So, get people fed and then start working on, ‘Well, what do you need? What kind of supplies can we help you with?’”
When he and his friends arrived at the location, they immediately began working. He stated that as a result of their four days spent in North Carolina, they came to the conclusion that the region still requires even more assistance than they are able to provide.
“The people in North Carolina are still hurting,” Davis stated. “They are still needing to not be forgotten. That’s what a lot of us walked away with.”
In spite of this, he and his companions made the decision to make assisting other people a lifelong endeavor after seeing the many people in need and receiving the gratitude they received.
Davis stated that the response was so great that they made the decision to establish a nonprofit organization in order to assist more people.
The Chief of Decatur Fire and Rescue, Tracy Thornton, expressed that it is very meaningful to him to have his staff volunteering their time to help out in the community.
“Things that the guys and girls that work here do go above and beyond just what the call is,” Thornton stated. “And we get notes of people being grateful and talking about them all the time. What [Davis] did going out in North Carolina, it was a pretty amazing thing that they needed to help a lot of people that really needed help.”
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Davis and the others were able to purchase the food and materials because they got financial support from local churches and contribution efforts.
The non-profit organization known as North Alabama Boys should be a permanent part of the Tennessee Valley, according to him, by the time the fall of the year arrives.
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In accordance with Davis, the name of their charitable organization was derived from a moniker that the people of North Carolina bestowed upon them. Within a period of forty-eight hours, they intend to send disaster and weather help to any community that is located in close proximity to them.
Hurricane Helene was responsible for the deaths of at least 104 people and the destruction of the infrastructure of North Carolina, in addition to a number of residential areas.
As of late, the tragedy has necessitated the allocation of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money in order to restore all of the damage that has occurred in a variety of locations.