AmCoach Renders Aid for the
Recovery of the Columbia Space Shuttle



        Working with the Red Cross


          Used as a Command Center


         Helps with Food Serving Line


Helps with ERV serving food
                              Working with the Texas Baptist Men
 
                            Serving as Lodging for Volunteers


                         Monitoring Field Officers
                        Intereacting with Mounted Patrol

     Nacogdoches, TX.  The AmCoach arrived in Nacogdoches, TX February 4th after being assigned by the Central Recovery Unit
     in Lufkin, TX.  With the lack of accommodations available in the area, it was immediately placed into service by those who
     needed sleeping space.  The AmCoach provided warm and dry accommodations in the cold weather prevalent in the area.

     During the day, the AmCoach was used by the Red Cross as a central command point for dispatching their Emergency
     Response Vehicles (ERV) to the various areas for feeding the law enforcement officers and the volunteers searching for debris
     from the Columbia space craft.  As the weather deteriorated from being cold to sleet and then rain, it was the perfect vehicle
     for providing comfort and warmth to the local officials of the Red Cross.

     Bob Hataway, Chaplain and Director of Field Operations for the AmCoach, provided on site counseling for those who were
     having to cope with death at the sight of every piece of debris.  Further, some of the volunteers, having left their families
     at home, experienced emergencies that required chaplaincy services which were provided by the AmCoach Chaplains.

     Other uses of the AmCoach made available during the recovery of the debris included working with law enforcement as a
     mobile command center as they coordinated the search teams into the piney woods of East Texas.  Coffee was available
     along with the counseling services for the officers in the field.  With the AmCoach being mobile and enclosed to the elements,
     it was praised for its service and availability.

     The AmCoach was commissioned as a disaster relief unit after having worked the World Trade Center on 911.  When not
     under dispatch it is available for national disasters and represents the transportation industry.  It has the capacity of being
    able to go at a moments notice to any part of the United States and serve those who are working the disasters faced by our
    nation.

     The AmCoach is an extension of the Caring in Action Program provided by TransAlive USA.  TransAlive USA is an
     organization that assists drivers and their families who face adversity on the highway through their volunteers that cover
     every zipcode cross the country.  More information may be gained by going to their website www.transalive.com.