Fair enough, but if it is all hands to the pumps(excuse the pun) then I would expect the councils etc to grab all available manpower to help, including office workers. Humping and dumping is not a skilled job, what is needed is numbers.
I've just shown that to Mrs. Martian, who is indeed an office worker with a local council (not one of the ones in the affected area). After she finished shrieking with hysterical laughter and realised the comment was made for real, she gave me one of her 'looks' and used language that even I had to resort to a dictionary for.
And if I'm honest, on reflection I have to agree with her. I know what my answer would be if I was an office worker with the local council and I was given some PPE and told to report for humping and dumping duties.