Sentences with phrase «disaster relief operation»

If you'd like to donate to Frankel's disaster relief operation in Puerto Rico, visit the B Strong website.

Scientology does a lot of things to help out the community whether it be in substance abuse education, promoting human rights, or disaster relief operations.

For example, one of the chief applications envisioned by Lipomi is a low cost «solar tarp» that can be folded up for packaging and stretched back out to supply low cost energy to rural villages, disaster relief operations and the military operating in remote locations.

«This work can be crucial in formulating contingency plans for disaster relief operations,» says Monterola.

When the American Red Cross was founded in 1881, it seemed a logical step forward to incorporate trainings in specialised fields for assistance in disaster relief operations.

I have participated in disaster relief operations where I received the Georgia State Active Duty medal, and have been considered for the Georgia Commendation medal.

Not exact matches

While some hacks addressed specific disaster scenarios like emergency ridesharing and drone rescue operations, nearly all of the disaster - related apps mentioned failings of modern emergency management, like a «lack of communication» between victims and rescuers and the absence of a «cohesive program» tracking realtime rescue and relief efforts.

On Dominica, a global Red Cross emergency team, including four American Red Cross disaster response specialists, is on its way to Dominica to support damage assessments and relief operations.

Operation Blessing — This international relief organization works to provide clean water, medical relief, hunger aid and disaster relief across the globe and in the US.

Utilizing these pitmasters and a network of volunteers, Operation BBQ Relief provides hot meals to people affected by disasters across the United States.

Equipped with a camera at its head, this snake could also be retrofitted with a waterproof skin and on - board batteries for all - condition remote operation in disaster - relief scenarios, where it would be used to locate victims before responders started digging blindly.

The procedure developed also enables evaluation of the various effects of a range of possible hypothetical infrastructure destruction scenarios even before a disaster strikes a region - this was shown to be crucial in formulating contingency plans for the logistics of disaster response and relief operations.

United Airlines today announced that it will work with its disaster relief partners the American Red Cross, Americares, Airlink and Operation USA to provide aid to those affected by the earthquake in Nepal.

Climate Security Index holds that climate change will change the nature of US foreign aid and humanitarian relief, anticipation of natural and manmade disasters, and military operations, placing a new importance on developing more effective and adaptive foreign assistance programs and increasing the flexibility of US armed forces.

Evacuations and disruptions to health care during and after disasters like Hurricane Harvey are serious threats for older adults, who may need support well after relief operations end.

Of the 102 hacks that took the stage, a solid 30 were focused on leveraging tech to aid rescue and relief operations in disaster zones.

Provided leadership to agency's social media, disaster relief and continuity of operations strategies and plans