An expert team of first responders is deploying to Tallahassee, FL to work with emergency operations and assist with debris clearing, damage mitigation/assessments, muck out, and clean-up. The team will work closely with the International Association of Fire Fighters...
HEART 9/11 sent 4 Hurricane Florence Response Teams to the Wilmington, NC area. Two pickup trucks with trailers full of equipment and supplies were deployed from NJ and FL, met up and were initially involved with high-water evacuations and preliminary medical...
HEART 9/11 is providing the expert skilled labor force, comprised of NYCDCC 157, needed to remodel an injured 10 year Navy veteran and volunteer firefighter’s home, leveling floors along with dormer, window and sliding door work. On January 11,...
The HEART 9/11 Veteran Build team will be back to work in Bloomsburg, PA at Camp Elk Tannery this fall providing the skilled manpower needed to finish a 1,200 sq. ft. cabin addition. The camp, comprised of 110 acres in Northeast Pennsylvania, provides weekend...
HEART 9/11 “served” our heroes of the US Army 10th Mountain Division, 2-22 Infantry Battalion at Fort Drum, August 28th during a welcome home BBQ. HEART 9/11 members cooked for 500+ 10th Mountain soldiers, met the Commander, his staff...
HEART 9/11 is proud to be making a difference rebuilding Puerto Rico with NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “NY stands with Puerto Rico” initiative. HEART 9/11 is providing the skilled manpower and teaching SUNY/CUNY students roof repair in Orocovis – an isolated mountain community that sustained rain and wind damage to...
The HEART 9/11 rebuild team worked at Serenity Stables, a farm that provides veterans equine therapy to counter the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress, in Atlantic Highlands, NJ. Work completed in 14 hours: Observation deck constructed for veterans with...
HEART 9/11 received a call for help from a veteran in Hamden, CT, who needs a second floor addition to her small cape home that will allow the family to grow and have a brighter future. The veteran was...
Since September, HEART 9/11 has collaborated with a number of organizations, including Playita Resiliente, Sacred Heart University, the University of Puerto Rico, the City of San Juan, Jonathan Marvel Architects, JetBlue, American Express, 100 Resilient Cities and the Rockefeller...
The HEART 9/11 Veteran Build Team – comprised of New York City Fire Department (FDNY) New York City District Council of Carpenters – veteran members worked at Camp Elk Tannery, Benton, PA installing joists, decking, framing and sheathing walls, setting roof trusses and...