DLA News Archive

Tag: disaster planning

Graphic shows a cell phone, clipboard, teddy bear, flashlight and battery with the text: National Preparedness Month 2020 Disasters Don't Wait Make Your Plan Today.

Sept. 1, 2020

September is National Preparedness Month

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — September is National Preparedness Month, an annual outreach program sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that educates and empowers Americans to prepare for and respond to natural and man-made disasters like flooding, active shooter incidents and terrorist attacks.

Jeff Finlay, chief of security and emergency management for Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, poses with Kane, a human remains detection dog. Finlay serves on Pennsylvania Task Force One, one of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 28 urban search and rescue teams, as well as several local, state and federal incident management teams that help emergency responders bring order to the chaos that follows an emergency. Courtesy photo

Sept. 25, 2019

Disaster response: Emergency management chief shares experience, advice

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The chief of security and emergency management for Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, also serves on Pennsylvania Task Force One, one of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s 28 urban search and rescue teams.

Ben Stoline, a forklift mechanic for DLA Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, remembers Hurricane Isabel’s blow to his home and community 16 years later. Ben leans against a forklift.

Sept. 17, 2019

16 years later: DLA Distribution forklift mechanic remembers Hurricane Isabel

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Ben Stoline, a forklift mechanic for DLA Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, remembers Hurricane Isabel’s blow to his home and community 16 years later.