FARGO - The Fargo Salvation Army is sending its disaster services manager, Steve Carbno, to Bismarck on Sunday to assist the city in its flood fight, and four additional volunteers from Fargo will arrive on Wednesday.
The Salvation Army in Bismarck requested the additional resources, said Carbno, who will assume the role of incident commander in Bismarck.
"It's obviously grown to the point that their local resources can't cover it all anymore," Carbno told The Forum in a phone interview. "They've been at it now for a couple of weeks, so they're starting to get tired and they just need some fresh folks in, and by default we've done it enough that they called us right away and said, 'Hey, you guys do this all the time. Can you come out and give us some help?' "
Salvation Army officials will provide food, water and emotional and spiritual care to local residents and relief workers fighting the flood, Carbno stated in a news release.
Carbno said he's going in advance to assess whether additional equipment and manpower will be needed.
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The Salvation Army has experienced a high number of disasters this year - including Red River Valley flooding and Twin Cities tornadoes - that have left its disaster cash reserves "all but depleted," but it won't affect the level of response in Bismarck, Carbno stated in the news release.
Donations to the Salvation Army can be sent to P.O. Box 1979, Fargo, ND 58107, or made by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY or online at www.thesalarmy.org . Donations should be designated "2011 Flood."
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and the Herald are Forum Communications Co. newspapers.
