It didn't take long for Gene King, committee chair for FEAT, to start receiving calls from eager volunteers during the storm of March 2003. Members of FEAT had been patiently waiting for several years to be activated in a time of emergency.

Old Man Winter didn't disappoint, dumping nearly 35" of snow on the Denver Metro area in less than 36 hours. Streets were closed, people were stranded and lives were at stake. The perfect opportunity for FEAT to jump in with its capable fleet of vehicles.

Although FEAT had helped during the 2002 fire season, the last time the group was activated through the City of Denver’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was the snowstorm in 1997.

During the March 2003 snowstorm, 90 plus FEAT volunteers provided over 200 trips to 190 emergency services personnel throughout the metro area, plus assisting the Red Cross and other medical emergencies.

Our special thanks go out to Gene King and Al Fink. These two spent three sixteen-hour days in Emergency Operations Center (EOC) coordinating our volunteers in the field.