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The troubleshooter: From tornadoes to tank fires, meet the man who's kept Guilford safe
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Don Campbell, shown here in front of an interactive whiteboard displaying weather information for Greensboro, ended his tenure on Thursday as the director of Guilford County’s Emergency Management and prepared to head to Raleigh, where he’ll be chief of staff of the N.C. Division of Emergency Management.
- KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
Bethy Dwyer looks at the devastation in her east Greensboro neighborhood on April 19, 2018, after a tornado ripped through the area. “Probably next to the pandemic, the Greensboro tornado, for me was probably one of the biggest disasters that I had the opportunity to work through, just because there were so many people impacted,” says Don Campbell, who ended his tenure last week as director of Guilford County’s Emergency Management.
- H. Scott Hoffmann, News & Record
A tank burns at the Colonial Pipeline Co. tank farm on June 13, 2010. The fire burned for five and a half hours. Don Campbell, who was Guilford County's Emergency Management director, was one of the 150 emergency commanders and firefighters who responded when a massive gasoline storage tank near Piedmont Triad International Airport burst into flames after it was struck by lightning. The million-gallon tank was fully aflame when, ultimately, every fire station in Greensboro responded.
- Courtesy of Harold Haynie
Greensboro resident Gary Boyd looks at the devastation from the April 2018 tornado. The entire city had to come together to mobilize emergency services, debris cleanup and long-term recovery programs.
- H. Scott Hoffmann, News & Record
Don Campbell, who was in charge of Guilford County's Emergency Management, poses for a photo at the Guilford County Emergency Services office in Greensboro on Oct. 27. "As we moved into the pandemic, it became very clear, very quickly that in the first week or two of the initial stay-at-home orders ... that this was going to be a long-term event," Campbell said.
- KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
Firefighters at the scene of the fire at the Colonial Pipeline Co. tank farm at Gallimore Dairy Road and Interstate 40 on June 13, 2010. Emergency workers spent five hours setting up a ring of firefighters and hoses around the massive tank. They spent only five minutes putting out the fire, however, drenching it with about 2 million gallons of water.
- Courtesy of Harold Haynie
Greensboro residents like Angelina Gill saw their lives change in an instant when a tornado struck east Greensboro, in a photo taken on April 19, 2018.
- H. Scott Hoffmann, News & Record
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GREENSBORO — Don Campbell learned early in his 18-year career to expect disasters to last days or weeks. Then he’d pack up his gear and prep for the next one.
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Don Campbell, shown here in front of an interactive whiteboard displaying weather information for Greensboro, ended his tenure on Thursday as the director of Guilford County’s Emergency Management and prepared to head to Raleigh, where he’ll be chief of staff of the N.C. Division of Emergency Management.
- KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
Bethy Dwyer looks at the devastation in her east Greensboro neighborhood on April 19, 2018, after a tornado ripped through the area. “Probably next to the pandemic, the Greensboro tornado, for me was probably one of the biggest disasters that I had the opportunity to work through, just because there were so many people impacted,” says Don Campbell, who ended his tenure last week as director of Guilford County’s Emergency Management.
- H. Scott Hoffmann, News & Record
A tank burns at the Colonial Pipeline Co. tank farm on June 13, 2010. The fire burned for five and a half hours. Don Campbell, who was Guilford County's Emergency Management director, was one of the 150 emergency commanders and firefighters who responded when a massive gasoline storage tank near Piedmont Triad International Airport burst into flames after it was struck by lightning. The million-gallon tank was fully aflame when, ultimately, every fire station in Greensboro responded.
- Courtesy of Harold Haynie
Greensboro resident Gary Boyd looks at the devastation from the April 2018 tornado. The entire city had to come together to mobilize emergency services, debris cleanup and long-term recovery programs.
- H. Scott Hoffmann, News & Record
Don Campbell, who was in charge of Guilford County's Emergency Management, poses for a photo at the Guilford County Emergency Services office in Greensboro on Oct. 27. "As we moved into the pandemic, it became very clear, very quickly that in the first week or two of the initial stay-at-home orders ... that this was going to be a long-term event," Campbell said.
- KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
Firefighters at the scene of the fire at the Colonial Pipeline Co. tank farm at Gallimore Dairy Road and Interstate 40 on June 13, 2010. Emergency workers spent five hours setting up a ring of firefighters and hoses around the massive tank. They spent only five minutes putting out the fire, however, drenching it with about 2 million gallons of water.
- Courtesy of Harold Haynie
Greensboro residents like Angelina Gill saw their lives change in an instant when a tornado struck east Greensboro, in a photo taken on April 19, 2018.
- H. Scott Hoffmann, News & Record
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