Warren County is represented on the ground in Puerto Rico.

In the wake of Hurricane Fiona ravaging the island, Warren Salvation Army Captain Dorothy Budd has been deployed as part of the organization’s response.

According to the Associated Press, the storm “unleashed landslides, knocked the power grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads and flung the pieces around,” causing a nation-wide blackout.

The end result was that hundreds were evacuated as up to 30 inches of rain fell on portions of the island.

“Hundreds of people were evacuated or rescued across the island as floodwaters rose swiftly,” according to the AP. “Rushing rivers of brown water enveloped cars, first floors and even an airport runway in the island’s southern region.”

In response, the Salvation Army, per a release, mobilized its national Emergency Disaster Services network “to provide mass feeding, sheltering, clean-up support, personal hygiene kits, and emotional and spiritual care to survivors and first responders.”

Captain Budd is one of 17 activated as part of the response to this crisis.

“I am Chief Finance and Administrator for the relief effort here in Puerto Rico,” she told the Times Observer. “I am responsible for all personnel, tracking all the services we provide, all finances for the disaster event and I assist all Incident Command Staff.”

She said these kinds of deployments are need-based.

“(The) Puerto Rico Division (has) seen that the need was greater and so they requested people for deployment,” she said. “Not just anyone can be deployed there are people with special, extensive training all over the United States that are sent out to deployments for certain roles in the Incident Command Structure.”

According to a statement, meals, drinks, diapers, hygiene kits, ice, clean-up kits and blankets have been distributed in the hundreds and thousands.

Additional services that the Salvation Army will be providing on the ground there include showers, charging stations and well as emotional and spiritual support.

Those looking to donate to the efforts are asked to do so financially (by phone, mail and online at helpsalvationarmy.org). Shipping costs prohibit the transport of donated items

“The Salvation Army’s presence in every zip code of the United States makes us uniquely capable of mobilizing from anywhere in the country for a disaster event like this,” Robert Myers III, Emergency Disaster Services coordinator for The Salvation Army USA Eastern Territory said. “We were preparing response efforts before the storm made landfall, and we will be helping these communities recover long after the flood waters recede.”