Tag: Wildfire
FODAC organizes Maui relief
October 4, 2023HME News Staff
ATLANTA – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a non-profit organization, is partnering with Amazon and UPS to provide crucial medical supplies to victims of the devastating wildfires that swept through Maui on August 8, leaving many residents struggling to access essential health care equipment. FODAC swiftly mobilized its resources and reached out to various partners for assistance. "We believe that everyone deserves independence and an improved quality of life," said...
Gammie HomeCare supports wildfire relief
August 21, 2023HME News Staff
KAHULUI, Hawaii – Gammie HomeCare is asking for donations to help the Maui Food Bank supply basic food needs to residents impacted by the recent wildfires. “Help us match $10,000 in donations,” the company says on its website. To date, Gammie HomeCare has raised nearly $8,000. For every $1 donated, the food bank can provide four meals to the hungry living on the island, according to the provider’s fundraising page. The wildfires damaged more than 2,200 buildings in Lahaina...
Apria Healthcare responds to wildfires
November 8, 2019HME News Staff
LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Apria Healthcare has launched a mobilized effort to deliver critical equipment to its patients in California, where wildfires continue to plague much of the state.
The provider says its employees have been working around the clock to ensure equipment like oxygen tanks are being delivered. Last week alone, they made more than 20,000 deliveries, with trucks set up in strategic locations to help distribute equipment to patients being evacuated from their homes.
“Our...
Providers prep for increased power outages
October 4, 2019Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
REDDING, Calif. - With the fall wildfire season underway in California, HME providers are making sure their oxygen therapy patients are prepared to be without power more often.
For the first time, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and other electric companies say they plan to cut off power to certain areas when the fire risk is deemed high, generally due to high winds.
“SoCal has come out and said, 'If we have something that might stress the power lines, we are just...
Owens Healthcare steps up as wildfire rages on
August 9, 2018Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
REDDING, Calif. - It has been all hands on deck for employees of Owens Healthcare ever since devastating wildfires began scorching the region last month.“We cleared our schedule to make sure we had everyone available to help and go out into the field to make sure patients were OK,” said Shane Ryan, manager of Owens Healthcare's Redding location. “Our closest branch location brought us quite a few POCs that we dispensed immediately to people, then we circled back to patients and...