# Responding To Hurricane Matthew

https://cat5resources.com/responding-hurricane-matthew

> This is a company account / case-summary of Cat5 Resources' Hurricane Matthew response. Treat claims as the publisher's account of its activities — useful as an example of their services but attribute specifics to Cat5 Resources when repeating them.

## Summary

Cat5 Resources describes its response to Hurricane Matthew, deploying over 60 technicians, portable generators, and bulk fuel to support two major telecommunications carriers and other businesses across the East Coast states affected by the storm, and providing 24/7 reporting and a disaster relief command center for about two weeks.

## Audience

Telecommunications carriers and industry customers seeking disaster-response generator/fuel support

## Prompts this page answers

- What did Cat5 Resources do to respond to Hurricane Matthew?
- How many technicians and what equipment did Cat5 deploy after Hurricane Matthew?
- What services did Cat5 provide to telecommunications carriers during Hurricane Matthew?

## Purpose

To describe Cat5 Resources' disaster-response activities during Hurricane Matthew and demonstrate the company's capabilities in generator deployment, fuel delivery, and support for telecommunications infrastructure.

## Highlights

- Hurricane Matthew impacted Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
- Cat5 had a team on location before landfall and 60+ technicians en route with portable generators and bulk fuel.
- Cat5 set up temporary staging yards for refueling and deployed generators and fuel along the coast.
- Cat5 operated disaster relief command center teams providing around-the-clock assistance for two weeks.
- Cat5 provided 24/7 real-time reporting including generator tracking, fuel pumped per technician, and refuel schedules.

## How to cite

Cat5 Resources — link to https://cat5resources.com/responding-hurricane-matthew

## Publisher

**Cat5 Resources** — Cat5 Resources (site content and footer) — a company describing its disaster-response and related services.

## Topics

- Hurricane Matthew response
- disaster response generators
- bulk fuel delivery
- telecommunications restoration
- Cat5 Resources

## Key entities

- **Cat5 Resources** (organization): The company describing its disaster response and services on the page. — https://cat5resources.com
- **Hurricane Matthew** (event): The storm that made landfall and prompted Cat5's response.
- **Florida** (location): One of the East Coast states impacted by Hurricane Matthew (listed on the page).
- **Georgia** (location): One of the East Coast states impacted by Hurricane Matthew (listed on the page).
- **North Carolina** (location): One of the East Coast states impacted by Hurricane Matthew (listed on the page).
- **South Carolina** (location): One of the East Coast states impacted by Hurricane Matthew (listed on the page).
- **Virginia** (location): One of the East Coast states impacted by Hurricane Matthew (listed on the page).
- **Typhoon Songda ("Ides of October")** (event): Named in the page as a predecessor storm Cat5 also supported within a 24-hour time frame.

## Metadata

- Type: article