SMF Energy Deploys Its Emergency Response Team to Louisiana in Support of Hurricane...

SMF Energy Deploys Its Emergency Response Team to Louisiana in Support of Hurricane Gustav Relief Efforts

Preparations in Place for an Active Hurricane Season along the
Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
SMF Energy Corporation, (NASDAQ:FUEL), a leading provider of
specialized transportation and distribution services for petroleum
products and chemicals, confirmed today that it has deployed its
emergency response teams to Louisiana to support relief efforts in the
aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. In addition, the Company announced
plans are in place to respond to Hurricane Hanna and Tropical Storm
Ike, as well as any other tropical disturbances along the Gulf Coast
and Atlantic Seaboard between now and the end of November when the
official hurricane season ends.

Richard E. Gathright, President and CEO, commented, "Roughly 17%
of Louisiana is without power (in the aftermath of Gustav) impacting
many critical services needed by the residents of this state. We have
deployed a number of emergency response teams from our facilities in
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas to assist in the
recovery efforts. As in the past, our plans call for the
reconfiguration of delivery routes, added shifts and the redeployment
of equipment to affected areas in order to supply needed fuels in
support of emergency vehicles, power generators and relief service
providers who rely on us for assistance."

Gathright concluded, "SMF Energy Corporation has a 24 year long
history of being a first responder when natural disasters strike and,
from all early indications, we are again facing an extremely busy and
potentially devastating storm season. Our contingency plans are in
place, and we are ready to respond quickly whenever and wherever a
potential natural disaster strikes vital infrastructure or services in
our operating areas."

About SMF Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: FUEL)

The Company is a leading provider of petroleum product
distribution services, transportation logistics and emergency response
services to the trucking, manufacturing, construction, shipping,
utility, energy, chemical, telecommunication and government services
industries. The Company provides its services and products through 26
locations in the ten states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Texas. The broad range of services the Company offers its customers
includes commercial mobile and bulk fueling; the packaging,
distribution and sale of lubricants; integrated out-sourced fuel
management; transportation logistics and emergency response services.
The Company's fleet of custom specialized tank wagons, tractor-trailer
transports, box trucks and customized flatbed vehicles delivers diesel
fuel and gasoline to customers' locations on a regularly scheduled or
as needed basis, refueling vehicles and equipment, re-supplying
fixed-site and temporary bulk storage tanks, and emergency power
generation systems; and distributes a wide variety of specialized
petroleum products, lubricants and chemicals to its customers. In
addition, the Company's fleet of special duty tractor-trailer units
provides heavy haul transportation services over short and long
distances to customers requiring the movement of over-sized or
over-weight equipment and manufactured products. More information on
the Company is available at www.mobilefueling.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because these statements depend on
assumptions as to future events, they should not be relied on by
shareholders or other persons in evaluating the Company.
Although management believes that these assumptions are reasonable,
actual events could differ materially from those projected. In
addition, there are various risks and uncertainties which could cause
future events to vary, including but not limited to those cited in the
"Risk Factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended
June 30, 2007 and in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2008.

SMF Energy Corporation, Fort Lauderdale
Robert W. Beard, Senior Vice President and Investor
Relations Officer, 954-308-4200

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