History

History of Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief responses:

Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief began when Tennessee Baptists responded to an explosion of a train tanker car in Waverly, TN in 1978.  The immediate response was that of financial assistance.  Since then, the ministry has grown and provided assistance in many different forms to over 300 different disaster events.

The responses have been within Tennessee, throughout the United States, and even around the world.  Some have been small, with only one or two people going to provide leadership.  Others have required literally thousands of volunteers and continued for many years.

The following charts show each TN Baptist Disaster Relief response since 1978.  The month shows only the initial date of the response.  Most responses extended far beyond the initial response, especially the “Rebuild” responses.

2016

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	Yukon, OK	Ice Storms	Chainsaw
January	Arnold, MO	Flooding	Flood Recovery
January	Pinson, TN	Lost Child Search	Feeding
January	Kingsport, TN	Veteran Transport	Transportation
January	Lutts, TN	Tornado	Chainsaw
February	Crockett County, TN	Tornado	Chainsaw
February-March	Crossett, AR	Flooding	Flood Recovery
March-April	Haughton, LA	Flooding	Flood Recovery
April	Giles County, TN	Flooding	Flood Recovery
May	Houston, TX	Flooding	Flood Recovery
July	Brazoria, TX	Flooding	Flood Recovery
July	Fairlea, WV	Flooding	Mass Feeding
July-August	Rainelle, WV	Flooding	IC, Flood Recovery, Mass Feeding, Shower, and Laundry Teams

2015

Date	Location	Event	Response
February-March	Blount, Cumberland, Fentress, Hamblen, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Overton, Putnam, and Roane Counties, TN	Tornado	Damage Assessment, Bucket Truck, Chainsaw, and Shower Teams
July-August	Monroe County, TN	Storm Damage	Damage Assessment, Chainsaw
October	Weslaco, TX	Flooding	Flood Recovery
October-November	Manning, SC	Hurricane Joaquin	Damage Assessment, Chaplains, Flood Recovery, ICS
December	Perry County, Hickman County, TN	Tornado	Chainsaw

2014

Date	Location	Event	Response
April	Lincoln County, TN	Tornado	Damage Assessment, Chainsaw, and Shower Teams
August-September	Warren, MI	Flooding	Flood Recovery and Mass Feeding Teams

2013

Date	Location	Event	Response
February	Henderson, McNairy, Robertson, and Wilson Counties, TN	Storm Damage	Damage Assessment, Chainsaw, and Feeding Teams
May	Stewart County, TN	Flooding	Flood Recovery, Shower, and Laundry Teams
	Peoria, IL	Flooding	Flood Recovery Teams
May-June	Moore, OK	Tornado	Skid Steer Teams
June	Florrisant, MO	Flooding	Flood Recovery and Chainsaw Teams
July	Colorado Springs, CO	Fires	Ashout, Heavy Equipment, and Chainsaw Teams
August	Waynesville, MO	Flooding	Flood Recovery Teams
September-October	Boulder, CO	Flooding	Flood Recovery Teams
	Greenley, CO	Flooding	Flood Recovery Teams
October	Longmont, CO	Flooding	Flood Recovery Teams

2012

Date	Location	Event	Response
March	Multiple counties in Tennessee	Tornadoes	Chainsaw, Chaplains, Mass Feeding, Shower/Laundry Teams
July	North Carolina and Virginia	Storm Damage	Driver Teams
	Cumberland and Sevier Counties	Storm Damage	Chainsaw Teams and Chaplains
August	Washington County, TN	Flooding	Mass Feeding, Shower, Laundry, Damage Assessment, and Flood Recovery Teams
October	Plaquemine Parish, LA	Flooding	Casket Retrieval
October-December	Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York	Hurricane Sandy	Mass Feeding, Shower, Laundry, Damage Assessment, Site Security, Chainsaw, and Flood Recovery Teams

2011

Date	Location	Event	Response
April-May	19 counties in Tennessee	Storm Damage	Chainsaw, Mass Feeding, Chaplains, Shower/Laundry Teams
June	Missouri	Tornadoes	Chaplains
	Massachusetts	Flooding	Flood Recovery
August -September	Maryland	Hurricane Irene	Chainsaw Teams, Chaplains
October	Bastrop, Texas	Fires	Fire Recovery

2010

Date	Location	Event	Response
March-June	Haiti	Earthquake	Warehouse Management
March	Haiti	Earthquake	Buckets of Hope
April-May	Rhode Island	Flooding	Flood Recovery Teams
April-June	Decatur, Henderson, Hickman, Humphreys, Loudon, Macon, McNairy, Monroe, and Perry, TN	Tornadoes	Chainsaw Teams
May	44 counties in Tennessee	Flooding	Flood Recovery, Chaplains, Laundry, Mass Feeding, and Shower Teams
	Gibson County	Straight-Line Winds	Chainsaw Teams
June	American Samoa	Tsunami	Rebuild Teams
October-November	Boulder, Colorado	Fires	Fire Recovery Teams

2009

Date	Location	Event	Response
January-February	Missouri and Kentucky	Ice Storms	Mass Feeding / Chain Saw / Shower / Laundry / Chaplaincy
May	Illinois and Missouri	Tornadoes	Chainsaw Teams
	West Virginia	Flooding	Mass Feeding Teams
August	Kentucky	Flooding	Flood Recovery Teams
October	Georgia	Flooding	Laundry Teams

2008

Date	Location	Event	Response
February	Hickman, Macon, Madison, Shelby, Sumner Counties, TN	Tornado Damage	Chain Saw / Mass Feeding
June-July	Iowa and Wisconsin	Midwest Storm Damage	Mass Feeding / Shower / Flood Recovery / Chaplaincy
September	TN ARC Shelters, Louisiana	Hurricane Gustav	Mass Feeding / Chain Saw / Shower / Laundry / Chaplaincy
September-October	Texas	Hurricane Ike	Mass Feeding/Chain Saw/Flood Recovery/Shower/Laundry/ Chaplaincy

2007

Date	Location	Event	Response
January-February	Missouri and Oklahoma	Ice Storms	Chain Saw
April-May	New Hampshire and Maine	Flooding	Flood Recovery / Feeding
July	Coffeyville, KS	Flooding	Laundry & Flood Recovery
August-September	Minnesota	Flooding	Flood Recovery
September	Ohio	Flooding	Flood Recovery
December-January '08	Oklahoma	Ice Storm Damage	Chain Saw

2006

Date	Location	Event	Response
April	Gibson County, TN	Tornadoes	Chain Saw / Shower / Mass Feeding
	Dyer County, TN	Tornadoes	Chain Saw / Shower
	Sumner County, TN	Tornadoes	Chain Saw / Mass Feeding
May	Massachusetts	Floods	Mudout
May-June	Massachusetts	Floods	Flood Recovery
July	St. Louis, MO	Storm Damage	Mass Feeding
	Granite City, IL	Storm Damage	Chain Saw
	Swansea, IL	Storm Damage	Chain Saw
October-November	New York	Snow Storm Damage	Chain Saw

2005

Date	Location	Event	Response
July	Evergreen, AL	Hurricane Dennis	Mass Feeding
August	Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas	Hurricane Katrina	Shower / Laundry / Mass Feeding / Recovery / Communications
September	Mississippi & Louisiana	Hurricane Rita	Shower / Laundry / Mass Feeding / Recovery / Communications
October	Pompano Beach, FL	Hurricane Wilma	Mass Feeding

2004

Date	Location	Event	Response
May-June	Giles County, TN	Tornado	Recovery
June	Prestonburg, KY	Floods	Flood Recovery
August	Fort Myers, FL	Hurricane Charlie	Recovery / Communications / Mass Feeding / Crisis Intervention
September	Port St. Lucie	Hurricane Frances	Recovery / Mass Feeding / Communications
	Vero Beach, FL
	Atmore, AL	Hurricane Ivan	Recovery / Mass Feeding / Crisis Intervention / Long-Term Rebuild
	Pace, FL
	Atmore, AL
	Florida	Hurricane Jeanne	Recovery / Mass Feeding

2003

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	Morgan County, TN	Tornado	Long Term Rebuild
	Ohio	Ice Storm	Recovery
April	Iraq	War Relief	Family Food Box Project
May	Madison, Rutherford, Dyer, Williamson, Sevier, Lincoln, Robertson, Jasper, Hamilton, and Marion Counties, TN	Tornadoes / Storms	Recovery / Damage Assessment / Christmas Boxes / Crisis Intervention
July	Indiana	Floods	National Incident Command
	Shelby County, TN	Storms	Damage Assessment / Mass Feeding / Recovery
August	Ohio	Floods	Mudout
September	Virginia Beach, VA	Hurricane Isabel	Mass Feeding / Recovery / Communications / Mass Feeding
	Newbern, NC

2002

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	West Virginia	Floods	Damage Assessment
April	Bristol, VA	Floods	Mass Feeding
	Lewisburg, TN	Factory Closing	Crisis Intervention
May	Roanoke, VA	Law Enforcement Mem.	Crisis Intervention
June	Fayette County, WV	Floods	Long Term Rebuild
	Gaza, Israel	War Relief	Crisis Intervention / Food Distribution
	Roseau County, MN	Floods	Mud Out
	Ardmore, TN	Riot Trauma	Crisis Intervention
	Texas	Floods	Temp. Emergency Child Care
August-September	Fayette Cty., WV	Floods	Mass Feeding, Rebuild
October	Kenner, LA	Hurricane Lili	Recovery
November	Tennessee	Tornadoes	Recovery / Mass Feeding / Crisis Intervention
December	Thomasville, NC	Ice Storm	Recovery

2001

Date	Location	Event	Response
April	El Salvador	Earthquake	Rebuild
July	Peytona, WV	Floods	Mass Feeding / Rebuild
August	Greene County, TN	Floods	Recovery
September	New York City	Terrorist Attack	Mass Feeding / Crisis Intervention / Dust Out

2000

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	East Nashville, TN	Tornado	Recovery
April	Mozambique	Flood	Food Distribution
May	Hickman County, TN	Tornado	Recovery
	Glorieta, NM	Fire	Mass Feeding
	Williamson / Davidson Co., TN	Storms	Recovery
July	Summertown, TN	Drought	Water Distribution
September	Pikeville, TN	Drought	Water Distribution
December	Arkansas	Ice	Recovery

1999

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	Jackson / Clarksville, TN	Tornado	Mass Feeding / Recovery
May	KS / OK / NE	Tornado	Shower Unit
	Linden, TN	Tornado	Recovery
September	Kinston, NC	Hurricane Floyd	Mass Feeding / Rebuild
	Cat Island, Bahamas	Hurricane Floyd	Rebuild
October	Kosovo	War Relief	Food Distribution
	Turkey	Earthquake	Food Distribution
November	Nicaragua	Hurricane Mitch	Rebuild
December	Venezuela	Flood	Rebuild
	Honduras	Flood	Rebuild

1998

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	Roan Mt., TN	Flood	Mass Feeding / Recovery
	Tennessee	Snow / Ice	Recovery
February	Tennessee	Snow / Ice	Recovery
April	Nashville, TN	Tornado	Mass Feeding / Recovery
	Wayne County, TN	Tornado	Recovery
July	Lawrenceburg, TN	Flood	Mass Feeding / Recovery
August	Elizabeth City, NC	Hurricane Bonnie	Mass Feeding
December	Van Buren County, TN	Ice	Mass Feeding
November	St. Kitts, Caribbean	Hurricane Georges	Rebuild
	Venezuela	Flood	Rebuild

1997

Date	Location	Event	Response
March	Dyersburg, TN	Flood	Recovery
	Madisonville, KY	Flood	Mass Feeding
June	Grand Forks, ND	Flood	Recovery

1996

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	Mechanicsburg, PA	Flood	Mass Feeding
September	Clinton, NC	Hurricane Fran	Mass Feeding

1995

Date	Location	Event	Response
May	Kenner, LA	Flood	Mass Feeding
	Dyersburg, TN	Flood	Mass Feeding

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1993

Date	Location	Event	Response
July	Cape Girardeau, MO	Flood	Mass Feeding

1992

Date	Location	Event	Response
August	South FL	Hurricane Andrew	Mass Feeding / Recovery
	Houma, LA	Hurricane Andrew	Mass Feeding / Recovery

1991

Date	Location	Event	Response
March	Elba, AL	Flood	Mass Feeding / Recovery
	Adamsville, TN	Tornado	Mass Feeding / Recovery
	Selmer, TN	Tornado	Mass Feeding / Recovery

1990

Date	Location	Event	Response
February	Copper Hill, TN	Flood	Mass Feeding

1989

Date	Location	Event	Response
September	Macedonia, SC	Hurricane Hugo	Mass Feeding / Recovery

1988

Date	Location	Event	Response
December	Williamson Co., TN	Tornado	Mass Feeding

1987

Date	Location	Event	Response
December	Millington, TN	Tornado / Flood	Mass Feeding

1986

Date	Location	Event	Response
February	Cleveland, TN	Tornado	Mass Feeding / Recovery
September	East TN	Drought	Hay Lift
October	Hermann, MO	Flood	Mass Feeding

1985

Date	Location	Event	Response
January	Tracy City, TN	Ice Storm	Mass Feeding
September	Pascagoula, MS	Hurricane Elena	Mass Feeding
October	Slidell, LA	Hurricane Juan	Mass Feeding
November	Apalachicola, FL	Hurricane Kate	Mass Feeding

1984

Date	Location	Event	Response
March	Maxton, NC	Tornado	Mass Feeding
May	Pikeville, KY	Flood	Mass Feeding
September	Long Beach, NC	Hurricane Diana	Mass Feeding

1983

Date	Location	Event	Response
August	Kemah, TX	Hurricane Alicia	Mass Feeding

1982

Date	Location	Event	Response
March	Ft. Wayne, IN	Flood	Mass Feeding
May	Marion, IL	Flood	Mass Feeding
September	Trenton, TN	Tornado	Mass Feeding
December	St. Genevieve, MO	Flood	Mass Feeding

1979

Date	Location	Event	Response
May	LaVergne, TN	Flood	Mass Feeding
September	Mobile, AL	Hurricane Frederic	Mass Feeding

1978

Date	Location	Event	Response
April	Waverly, TN	Tanker Car Explosion	Tanker Car Explosion