CASE Construction provides Team Rubicon equipment to help clean up after hurricanes
CASE Construction Equipment is providing essential equipment such as compact track loaders with grapple attachments, wheel loaders, and crawler excavators
In the wake of Hurricane Helene and Milton's devastating impact to the southeastern region of the U.S., veteran-led humanitarian organization Team Rubicon is sending volunteer response teams to help with the cleanup.
To support the effort, CASE Construction Equipment is providing essential equipment such as compact track loaders with grapple attachments, wheel loaders, and crawler excavators to help Team Rubicon with the heavy-duty work of clearing trees, mud, and debris.
"Building communities, and rebuilding them when disaster strikes, is core to what we do at CASE," says Terry Dolan, vice president for CASE Construction Equipment North America. "We've been longtime supporters of the humanitarian relief work that Team Rubicon provides and our dealers, like Hills Machinery, are always at the ready to help."
CASE is a brand of CNH, and the CNH Disaster Response program is a new effort designed to quickly deploy equipment to disaster-stricken communities. As part the program, CASE is dedicating six compact track loaders with grapple attachments as a fleet that will be devoted to Team Rubicon efforts.
Dealer networks offering equipment support
In addition, CASE is deploying equipment to communities in need through its extensive dealer network. CASE dealer Hills Machinery is loaning an additional three machines along with service support materials like hydraulic fluid and parts. To date, CASE and the CASE dealer network have loaned ten machines to the effort and are in daily communication with Team Rubicon to address needs as they arise.
Team Rubicon includes volunteer sawyers and heavy equipment operators
When it comes to disaster response, volunteers from the veteran-led nonprofit Team Rubicon are some of the first to arrive. Also known as "Greyshirts," Team Rubicon volunteers include sawyers and heavy equipment operators who clear trees and debris from roads so emergency crews can access impacted communities.
"Hurricanes Helene and Milton definitely created a tremendous amount of need," said Jeff Byard, vice president of operations for Team Rubicon. "We've already served over 45 communities across five states and have multiple response operations in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. Our strengths as an organization are our deep ties within local communities and the nationwide network of Greyshirt volunteers who provide no-cost services to better the lives of disaster survivors."
