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9 September/October 2024 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN The destruction left by the storms led to approximately 120 Davey employees helping in restoration and cleanup efforts. Half of the employees came from the local Wolf Tree's City of Tallahassee account, while additional aid came from employees on the Central Florida Electric Cooperative, Florida Travel Crews, Orange County, Orlando Utility Commissions, and Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative accounts. "They couldn't believe all the debris and devastation that happened," Hudson said. "Everybody in the crews worked well together with each other and the community, and it led to a good outcome." A seemingly normal, stormy morning turned devastating as one EF-1 and two EF-2 tornadoes swept across Tallahassee, Florida, prompting multiple Davey employees to respond. "I was in my truck checking everybody in for the day when the rain and wind started, and the crew scattered," said Marlon Hudson, general foreman, Wolf Tree, Inc., a Davey company, City of Tallahassee account. "I rolled up my window, and the next thing I knew, my truck was lifted off the ground for a few seconds." TRIPLE TORNADO DESTRUCTION IN TALLAHASSEE DAVEY WELLNESS HUB NOW AVAILABLE ON DAVEYCONNECT The Davey Wellness Hub provides employees with resources and support that focus on physical, emotional, and fi nancial health, created to help employees thrive professionally and personally. Within the hub are training manuals and videos in both English and Spanish for the Davey Stretching Program, developed to consider the specifi c work task demands of Davey employees and their working environment. Updated this year as part of Davey's Industrial Athlete Program expansion, the stretching program in its entirety should take about ten minutes and is designed to be completed at the beginning of each shift. Employee benefi t programs and mental health resources are also available in the Davey Wellness Hub, offering information and links to learn more. Davey Tree Surgery Company employees demonstrate the Davey Stretching Program. YOU SHOULD KNOW Scan the QR code to visit the Davey Wellness Hub on DaveyConnect. An uprooted tree is pictured in front of a Tallahassee home. Among the employees who aided the Wolf Tree, Inc., a Davey company's City of Tallahassee account employees in tornado cleanup efforts were Eastern Utility services' general foremen Hernan Alvarado, Florida Travel Crews account; Sterling Kallmeyer, Central Florida Electric Cooperative account; Omar Lopez, Orlando Utility Commissions account; Romulo Melgar, work planner, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative account; Ademir Merino, Orlando Transmission account; and Derek Sandoval-Quevedo, Florida Travel Crews account. Local storm response efforts were led by Wolf Tree, Inc., a Davey company's City of Tallahassee account general foremen Marlon Hudson, John King, Michael Odom, George Trice, along with Paul Whitfi eld, foreman. '' The devastation and destruction were the worst I'd seen in my 30 years of working in the area. '' Marlon Hudson

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