The Salvation Army in southwest Florida has some new equipment to help in case of a disaster.

The Salvation Army has a brand new mobile unit in the event of a disaster. During Hurricane Irma, areas like Lehigh and Labelle had a lot of flooding and power outages. Something like The Salvation Army’s mobile station would have been very helpful in such an incident.

Volunteers say they’re very happy to have the unit now that it’s hurricane season. Inside, it’s a state-of-art piece of work. They say they can use it to serve 5,000 meals every day and get food and water into the hands of those in disaster zones.

It’s equipped with freezers, fridges and a generator. That equipment is crucial when there is a hurricane.

Several units like this are scattered and stationed throughout the state. They now have two in southwest Florida ready to respond when a disaster strikes. Volunteers say this will help them get into those difficult areas following a hurricane.

“I know in some situations, it’s hard to get there – to even get to where they’re at when power lines are down and during flooding situations. With a unit like this, we can just roll in and start serving people where they are with what the need,” said Salvation Army volunteer Vicki Poff.