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Commonwealth Utility Corporation power employees load reconditioned transformers onto semi-trucks after they were delivered to the island from Kansas. These transformers were delivered to aid in the efforts to restore long-term power to Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor caused serious damage back in August, 2015. A total of 486 transformers will be delivered to Saipan by the end of the month.

Paul Parsons Jr. explains the Assessment process at an DCMP training at the ARC.

Transformers being readied for delivery to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) who will take delivery of the most critical piece of the restoration puzzle.

Mikenzie Rost and Jackson Owens, with community volunteers. On Friday, October 23rd, the AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team supported a large-scale volunteer event in Chalan Kanoa in coordination with United for Saipan and the LTRG (CARE). The AmeriCorps Disaster Response Team members trained and led 25 volunteers in canvassing the Chalan Kanoa neighborhood with two goals in mind: to bring to light the community's unmet needs, and to determine work sites for the Saturday and Sunday volunteer events. Over Saturday & Sunday, volunteers went through the neighborhood to gather debris for removal, collected information from additional clients about their unmet needs, and received training on client intakes for unmet needs. In total at this event, 77 client intakes were completed, 140 cubic yards of tin & vegetative debris were removed, and a total of 391 volunteer hours were logged by 117 volunteers supporting the Cleanup events over Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

FCO Stephen M. DeBlasio with Hazard Mitigation Branch Director John Synnott and True Value Hardware and Do It Best Hardware owner Ray Yumul.

Though costing more than the traditional building method, the savings outweigh the cost, as the house is better protected from water and wind damage.

NMTI's Teacher Mike Vargas and students Edgem Betanfa, Julie Ann Dionisto and Elden DelaCruz with their finished models.

SAIPAN - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Community Emergency response Teams (CERT) help distribute tents, provided by FEMA, to survivors. Photo by Ryan Brown.

Incident Management Assistance Team Logistics Section Chief Jeremy Swartz, signing off on the delivery of the six bucket trucks to Saipan, CNMI. Back in August, Typhoon Soudelor caused major damage in Saipan and the local government asked for these trucks to help with the ongoing effort to restore long term power to the island. Our job was to make that request happen, which were able to do by working closely with the local government.

The first flight of reconditioned transformers arriving via aircraft from Kansas to the Saipan Airport in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These transformers were delivered to aid in the efforts to restore long-term power to Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor caused serious damage back in August, 2015. A total of 486 transformers will be delivered to Saipan by the end of the month.

Commonwealth Utility Corporation power employees prepare transformers for transport. These transformers were delivered to aid in the efforts to restore long-term power to Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor caused serious damage back in August, 2015. A total of 486 transformers will be delivered to Saipan by the end of the month.

CNMI VOADs, FEMA local hires, DSA, VALs, CCP and Long Term Recovery Committee members attend Disaster Case Management Training.