How quickly is the American Red Cross able to respond to disasters?
Red Cross chapters across the country are required to respond to an incident within two hours of notification. These local chapters conduct disaster training, as well as planning and preparedness, to help them respond quickly and effectively. Immediately after a disaster is reported, we mobilize personnel and resources to provide services such as sheltering and feeding. The local chapter, with the help of other chapters in the state, quickly assess the size and scope of the incident. If help from beyond the state is needed, a request goes to national headquarters so supplies and personnel can be sent.
The more than 750 Red Cross chapters across the country are required to respond with services to an incident within two hours of being notified. These local chapters conduct disaster training as well as planning and preparedness, to help them respond quickly and effectively when a disaster occurs. Human and material resources, such as disaster specialists and disaster relief supplies, are located in high-risk areas. This helps to ensure a quick response when a disaster occurs. Immediately after a disaster incident is reported, we begin to mobilize personnel and other resources to provide services such as sheltering and feeding survivors. The local chapter with the help of other chapters in the state quickly assesses the size and scope of the incident. If help from beyond the state will be needed, a request goes immediately to national headquarters so that supplies can be sent and people recruited as soon as possible.
The nearly 1,300 Red Cross chapters across the country are required to respond with services to an incident within two hours of being notified. These local chapters conduct disaster training as well as planning and preparedness, to help them respond quickly and effectively when a disaster occurs. Human and material resources, such as disaster specialists and disaster relief supplies, are located in high-risk areas. This helps to ensure a quick response when a disaster occurs. Immediately after a disaster incident is reported, we begin to mobilize personnel and other resources to provide services such as sheltering and feeding survivors. The local chapter with the help of other chapters in the state quickly assesses the size and scope of the incident. If help from beyond the state will be needed, a request goes immediately to national headquarters so that supplies can be sent and people recruited as soon as possible.
Red Cross chapters across the country are required to respond with services to an incident within two hours of being notified. These local chapters conduct disaster training as well as planning and preparedness, to help them respond quickly and effectively when a disaster occurs. Human and material resources, such as disaster specialists and disaster relief supplies, are located in high-risk areas. This helps to ensure a quick response when a disaster occurs. Immediately after a disaster incident is reported, we begin to mobilize personnel and other resources to provide services such as sheltering and feeding survivors. The local chapter with the help of other chapters in the state quickly assesses the size and scope of the incident. If help from beyond the state will be needed, a request goes immediately to national headquarters so that supplies can be sent and people recruited as soon as possible.
