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Firefighters at Los Alamos Blaze, despite fierce winds and dust
storms, served by OK’S Cascade Company's Mobile Kitchens |
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LOS
ALAMOS, New Mexico (May 12, 2002) Since dawn Monday, based
on a 7,000-foot-high ridge overlooking Los Alamos, OK’s Cascade
Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleveland, Ohio-based
International Management Assistance Company (IMAC), has served hot
meals ‘round-the-clock to more than 750 firefighters. |
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Called
in by the federal government’s National Interagency Coordination
Center, the crews, within hours, set up 48-foot-long trailers
staffed by 30 employees, working 14-16 hour shifts. The equipment
includes tents and kitchen, refrigerated, dry goods, and
food-preparation trailers, according to Wade McIntyre, vice
president and general manager, speaking from Seattle. |
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Despite extremely high winds and dusty conditions, the food
service has gone without a hitch, Darrell Frost, logistics
coordinator, said. |
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May 12, 2000 |
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In
fact, conditions at times have made it impossible for firefighters
to eat under tents. Instead, they have been forced to eat inside
school buses. |
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“Serving hot meals in clean, sanitary conditions, under extremely
remote and potentially hazardous conditions, is normal for us,”
said Ray Keener, OK’s Cascade’s director of logistical support and
business development. “When an emergency such as this one hits,
it’s time for us to kick into gear.” |
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The
government started the “prescribed fire” last week as a
precaution; however, it has raged out of control, threatening the
Los Alamos community. |
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OK’s
Cascade Company, which was acquired last year by IMAC, is the
leading provider of emergency catering service to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Forest Service. It has been deployed in
the wake of Hurricane Andrew, the North Ridge, Calif., earthquake,
and last year’s severe flooding in North Carolina, among other
natural disasters. |
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