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Davie County fire marshal credits coordinated local deployments for Western North Carolina disaster relief
Summary
Davie County Fire Marshal Cameron Webb told the Mocksville Town Council the county deployed generators, light towers, UTVs and personnel to the Western Region following Hurricane Helene and coordinated donations and recovery assistance with Mitchell County; he urged that donations and deployments go through emergency-management channels.
Cameron Webb, Davie County's fire marshal and emergency management director, briefed the Mocksville Town Council on county contributions to the Western North Carolina disaster response following Hurricane Helene. "For those of you that don't know me, I'm Cameron Webb. I'm your fire marshal and your emergency management director," he said as he summarized deployments, logistics and volunteer coordination.
Webb described a 12-hour soft-opening emergency operations center (EOC) used to coordinate requests and deployment tracking and said county assets deployed to the Western Region included 250 kW and 125 kW generators, light towers, UTV/brush units, a multiple-response trailer (MERC) and specialized equipment. He said the county's generators helped maintain critical communications and operations for responders and that some equipment was lost or damaged during deployments (the MERC trailer was reported lost to flooding); Webb emphasized those losses would be handled as reimbursable expenses when appropriate.
He also described personnel contributions: volunteer and career firefighters and EMS crews were deployed to Haywood, Mitchell and other counties; the sheriff's department provided law-enforcement teams; communications centers took overflow calls when regional centers went down; and county public-health and social-service staff supported vaccine clinics, sheltering and relocations. Webb recounted post-deployment recovery assistance to Mitchell County, including a toy drive, donated clothing and more than 2,000 pounds of pet food delivered to a local humane society.
Why it matters: The presentation documented the scope of Davie County's mutual-aid response and clarified how donations and offers of assistance should be routed through emergency-management channels to reduce logistic chaos, Webb said. He told the council that deployments required logistics support (food, rest, paperwork for reimbursement), and he highlighted the county's swift-water and USAR-like mission work in the field.
Questions and context: Council members praised county responders and thanked volunteers. Webb said he would continue to work with municipal staff and the county to compile and disseminate after-action information.
Next steps: No council action was required; Webb's briefing served as an informational update and recognition of the county's response efforts.
