“We are the eyes and ears on the ground,” Frank Spears reminds his Red Cross Disaster Assessment Team before leading them into one of many neighborhoods plowed under by the spate of tornadoes that rolled across the South and central Georgia on March 24 and 26. His six damage assessors ar...
The three components of what is commonly called the International Red Cross are as follows (Fig. 1): the first is the mother organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a purely Swiss institution which acts particularly in cases of man-made disasters when the four ...
The Red Cross said 40 people, five pets and 24 apartment units were affected by the flooding. A shelter is set up at the Glenside Elementary School at 500 Lackawanna St., Reading, PA 19601. Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers are onsite to provide food, relief, supplies and comfort...
” said Charley Shimanski, senior vice president, Red Cross Disaster Services. “Red Cross disaster teams are working around the clock to help the thousands of people whose lives are turned upside down. More Red Cross assistance is on the way.”...
By 9 a.m. the following day, the first batch of rescue and relief supplies had reached the county. At night, a team of Red Cross rescuers from neighboring Ningxia arrived, showcasing the efficiency of the regional coordination mechanism among Chinese Red Cross societies in real world situations...
By 9 a.m. the following day, the first batch of rescue and relief supplies had reached the county. At night, a team of Red Cross rescuers from neighboring Ningxia arrived, showcasing the efficiency of the regional coordination mechanism among Chinese Red Cross societies in real world situations...
By 9 a.m. the following day, the first batch of rescue and relief supplies had reached the county. At night, a team of Red Cross rescuers from neighboring Ningxia arrived, showcasing the efficiency of the regional coordination mechanism among Chinese Red Cross societies in real world situations...
Thank you to our partners who make our hurricane disaster relief work possible.Learn More The American Red Cross in Illinois The American Red Cross of Illinois serves over 12.2 million people in 88 counties across Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri through a network of five chapters: Central Illinois,...
Under a limited 2020 Cooperation Agreement, DHL’s Disaster Response Team supported the Colombian Red Cross by providing COVID-19 relief assistance. The new expanded agreement, allows DHL’s Disaster Response Team and Colombian Red Cross to work together on future emergency re...
According to Tan,the Chinese team would normally consist of six members and the time of their arrival would be determined by consultations with Tonga authorities. Tan predicted that due to the depth of the island and the dispersal of the local residents, people are likely to have enough time ...