Georgia Severe Storms and Tornadoes (DR-1686)

Americus: Georgia Severe Storms and Tornadoes (DR-1686)
Photo date: June 29, 2007
Photographer: FEMA / Theresa Ingram
Photo location: Americus GA
Categories: Public Assistance, Severe Storm
Cogim modular units (left) supplied by FEMA through its Public Assistance program, are being assembled into a 70,000 sq. ft., 70-bed interim medical complex slated to open this fall on the site of Sumter Regional Hospital's former HealthPlex annex destroyed in March 2007 by a tornado that also severely damaged the main facility. FEMA officials announced the unique application of the Cogim system at a joint news conference hosted with Sumter Regional Hospial and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Terry Ingram/FEMA

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