AshBritt Environmental, commonly referred to as AshBritt or AshBritt, Inc., is located in
Deerfield Beach, Florida and is a company specializing in
disaster relief
Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actuall ...
operations.
Overview
AshBritt Environmental is a Florida-based, national rapid-response disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor. AshBritt was founded in 1992 and has managed and executed around 100 disaster projects and close to 30 special environmental projects. AshBritt has been involved in the debris recovery efforts of 30 federally declared major disasters in eleven states, beginning with
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was a very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged ...
.
Hurricane Katrina
Following
Hurricane Katrina
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in August 2005, as the
(USACE) Advanced Contracting Initiative (ACI) contractor for U.S. Region 3, AshBritt was the Initial Response contractor for both
Louisiana
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and
Mississippi
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.
In
Mississippi
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, AshBritt conducted debris removal, hazardous tree mitigation and demolition services in 17 jurisdictions, covering over and over inland.
Other Notable Responses
AshBritt also played a part in assisting with cleanup from
Hurricane Sandy, working with at least 15 counties and 43 municipalities in
New Jersey
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to clear around 3 million cubic yards of debris.
In 2016, AshBritt worked across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
AshBritt has also worked on stacking dilapidated and rusted shipping containers along the Arizona border in a controversial last ditch attempt by the outgoing Republican governor,
Doug Ducey, to appear tough on immigration and fill intermittent gaps between fencing erected by former president
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
.
References
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External links
Ashbritt website
Engineering companies of the United States
Companies based in Broward County, Florida
Deerfield Beach, Florida
American companies established in 1992
1992 establishments in Florida