Press Release - April 2, 2015
Wicomico County Police and Fire Departments Team-Up with SERVPRO
Personal Emergency Assistance Bags Presented by SERVPRO
Date of Incident: 2 April 2015
Narrative: Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis and SERVPRO of the Lower Shore owner Robb Sartorio announced that SERVPRO Personal Emergency Assistance Bags have been provided to fire and police departments throughout Wicomico County. Every fire department in the county is participating. In addition to the sheriff’s office, police departments participating include Salisbury, Delmar, Fruitland, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Salisbury University, and Wor-Wic Community College.
The SERVPRO bags are being provided free of charge to police and fire departments throughout the Eastern Shore in an effort to provide needed personal care items following any emergency situation. Currently the bags have been made available to emergency services agencies in Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Dorchester counties, in addition to Wicomico.
“The SERVPRO bags are literally stuffed full of all kinds of personal care items,” stated Sheriff Mike Lewis. “There are many circumstances where law enforcement officers would be able to provide these bags to crime victims and others who are often brought to the sheriff’s office during the investigation or following their emergency situation. The SERVPRO bags have just the right selection of items needed for people in these circumstances.”
“There will be over 500 bags distributed on the Eastern Shore when the project is completed,” stated Sartorio. “The Personal Emergency Assistance Bag project provides a unique opportunity for our franchise to team up with local emergency services providers. These folks work so very hard to make our communities safe and often dip into their own pockets to support victims in difficult circumstances.”
Each bag contains a number of items including a towel, wash cloth, soap, shaving kit, coloring book and crayons, and many other toiletry items. The bags are given to crime and emergency victims as determined by police and emergency personnel. Also included in each bag are a number of brochures from local “help” agencies such as the health department, social services, and library.
SERVPRO of the Lower Shore covers Wicomico, Worcester, and Somerset counties. In addition, Sartorio own two other SERVPRO franchises covering all eight Eastern Shore counties.
SERVPRO of The Lower Shore provides a complete and full range of restoration services. Emergency services are available 24 hours/7 days a week from their office located on Route 50 in Hebron. SERVPRO provides restoration services to home or commercial structures caused by:
•Water Damage
•Fire Damage
•Disaster, storm and flood damage
•Mold Damage
Mr. Knussman and Sheriff Lewis
SERVPRO Personal Emergency Assistance Bags
For additional information contact Lt. Tim Robinson, Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office.
Kevin Knussman, SERVPRO Marketing Representative
410) 253-7102, or knussmank@gmail.com
Releasing Authority: Lt. Tim Robinson Date: 2 April 2015
5 comments:
Make sure these bags go to people who really need them. Not someone your holding for questioning for hours! People who have fires ! Not crackeds with nothing! This should've went to the fire companies and fire marshalls. Not cops!
Really?? This is news worthy??!!! Another day/opportunity for the camer for old Mike!! or we can call him "want to be Hollywood"!!!!!
A private company makes a donation and you think it's your responsibility to tell people where they should go, did you ever think that while the firefighters are doing their job to put a fire out, the police can't help on the scene? Why can't everyone just get along? This isn't about fire department vs police, this is about Servpro giving back to the community. And, no I don't work for them, or know anyone who works for them, greedy jealous people thinking everything is about them and their opinion. Butt out with the negative waves dude.
ANOTHER photo op for the PT Sheriff.
My business does business with servpro, great folks.
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