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.
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.
«This work can be crucial in formulating contingency plans for
disaster relief operations,» says Monterola.
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.
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.
If you'd like to donate to Frankel's
disaster relief operation in Puerto Rico, visit the B Strong website.
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