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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide debris removal and hauling?
Debris Removal & Hauling
Yes.
KDT provides debris removal and hauling after hurricanes, floods and wildfires, with grapple trucks, loaders and dump trailers that clear roads and rights-of-way, haul to debris management sites and document every load for FEMA reimbursement.
Typical configuration
- Equipment
- Grapple (knuckleboom) trucks, loaders, excavators, skid steers, dump trucks
- Truck capacity
- Often about 20–100+ cu yd per load, measured and certified per truck
- Debris types
- Vegetative, C&D, white goods, e-waste, household hazardous waste
- Phases
- Emergency road clearance, then right-of-way collection and hauling
- Sites
- Temporary debris management sites for sorting, grinding and staging
- Records
- Load tickets per haul, matched to monitor records
After a hurricane, flood or wildfire, debris is the first thing in the way: trees across roads, flooded household contents piled at the curb, wrecked structures and burned-out lots. Debris removal starts with emergency road clearance so responders can get through, then moves to curbside collection along public rights-of-way and hauling to temporary debris management sites, where it's sorted, reduced and sent for final disposal.
KDT fields the equipment and crews: self-loading grapple trucks, loaders, excavators with thumbs, skid steers, and dump trucks and trailers. Debris is separated by type as it's collected, because vegetative debris, construction and demolition (C&D) debris, white goods, electronics and household hazardous waste each go different places. We can also set up and run temporary debris management sites for staging, grinding and sorting.
After a wildfire, debris removal is recovery work, outside what the fire incident orders. Post-fire programs typically run in two phases: household hazardous waste removal first (Phase 1, by EPA), then structural debris and ash removal (Phase 2, run by USACE or the state), with FEMA Public Assistance funding. KDT works on those programs where they contract for haulers and crews.
Most public debris work is reimbursed through FEMA Public Assistance, which depends on clean records. We measure and certify our trucks, run every load on a ticket and work alongside the debris monitors so the documentation holds up.
Available as
- Emergency push and road clearance
- Right-of-way curbside collection
- Vegetative debris removal and grinding
- C&D and flood debris removal
- Post-wildfire ash and structural debris removal (Phase 2 programs)
- Temporary debris management site operations
What's included
- Equipment with operators and crews
- Truck measurement and certification
- Debris segregation by type
- Hauling to debris management sites or permitted disposal
- Load tickets and daily reporting
Where it's used
- Clearing roads after hurricanes and floods
- Curbside debris collection in neighborhoods
- Post-wildfire debris programs (recovery phase)
- Clearing access to critical facilities
- Debris site operations and reduction
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide debris removal and hauling?
Yes. We supply grapple trucks, loaders, dump trucks and crews to clear roads and rights-of-way, haul debris to management sites and document every load for FEMA reimbursement.
Is debris removal reimbursable by FEMA?
Eligible public debris work can be reimbursed through FEMA Public Assistance under Category A, provided it's properly documented. Load tickets, truck certifications and monitoring records are what make that possible.
Why does debris need to be separated?
Different debris types go to different places. Vegetative debris can be ground or burned; C&D goes to a landfill; white goods, electronics and household hazardous waste need special handling. Separating at the curb keeps the debris site and disposal costs under control.
Who handles debris removal after a wildfire?
It's a recovery program, separate from the fire incident's orders. Household hazardous waste usually comes out first in Phase 1 (EPA), then structural debris and ash in Phase 2, run by USACE or the state, with FEMA Public Assistance funding. Haulers and crews work under those programs.
Who monitors the debris hauling?
Debris monitoring should be independent from the hauler. KDT supplies the hauling or the monitoring on a job, and keeps the monitoring independent of any hauling it does.
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