Sentences with phrase «persons during disasters»

However, it is still difficult to find missing persons during disasters.

Inclusion of this list is intended to be illustrative only, and it is not intended to change current practices with respect to: (1) Involvement of other persons in individuals» treatment decisions; (2) informal information - sharing among individuals involved in a person's care; or (3) sharing of protected health Start Printed Page 82523information to contact persons during a disaster.

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The only time the Astrodome fills up these days is when people need shelter during a natural disaster.

Countless other pharmaceuticals are necessary for people to stay healthy during natural disasters.

Too bad he was so busy helping determine the outcome of sporting events that he couldn't have intervened during that nightclub disaster in Brazil that killed 230 people.

There are tons of shots online of people holding up very vitriolic anti-Obama t shirts and signs while «donating» the goods that Romney just gave them... and over and beyond all that, the Red Cross has said over and over and over again that they need money and blood during a disaster, NOT PHYSICAL GOODS.

Local churches should also consider entering into agreements with their local Red Cross chapter, to offer part or all of the church's facilities to the Red Cross during a disaster, so they will know how many people a church can shelter.

Most of us fall into one of two categories: the people who look at what others go through during an emergency or disaster and think, «I hope that never happens to me,» and those who have had it happen to them.

During her State of the County address, Mahoney argued that there is «not a single thing» in the Consensus report that will «spell disaster for anyone,» and that people should see it as an opportunity rather than as a threat.

«The «disaster czar» would be a person who has tremendous experience in disaster relief, not an insider who's hand - picked by a government leader,» Haber told WCBS 880 Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs, adding that it would be someone who knows how to behave before, during, and after a storm.

According to the World Health Organization, older adults who live at home face disproportionally high fatality rates during natural disasters as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina where 71 per cent of the deaths resulting from that disaster involved people over 60 years of age.

«Algorithm identifies vulnerable people during natural disasters.»

Q: Do you think that the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II are affecting how people are reacting now to the nuclear disasters?

-- Charlene Colchester, via e-mail Bhopal should have been a wake up call, but it is unclear whether chemical plants around the world are any safer a quarter century after the December 1984 disaster — during which some 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemical), killing 2,259 people immediately and causing lifelong health problems and premature death for tens of thousands more.

Our knowledge of peoples» movements during natural disasters is so far limited due to a lack of data.

China has uncovered nearly 20,000 disaster risks in its oil and gas sector during a nationwide safety probe following a pipeline blast that killed 62 people last year, the country's safety watchdog said on Thursday.

«First, it gives important information about where do people go after a disaster and when do they come back, and second, it shows that people's locations during a disaster are highly related to where they traveled normally,» Bengtsson says.

By understanding where people go during their holidays, the researchers say that they can accurately guess where people will go during times of disaster.

And, in a natural disaster such as a flood, hurricane or tsunami, connecting people via functioning bridges can mean the difference between life and death during the event itself.

The potential looms for a disaster, on the scale of that in 1975 when 62 dams collapsed in Henan Province during Typhoon Nina and nearly 100,000 people died, according to officials here.

As rescue crews evacuated the surviving residents to a hospital across the street, people began questioning whether sheltering in place during a disaster is wise.

July 4, 2011 • A researcher's data suggest that ambulances, firetrucks and government aid aren't the principal ways most people survive during and recover after a disaster.

This ecological disaster created by human misdeed forces a grim choice upon the people of the plains during the depths of the Great Depression.

Four young people give voice to history's worst maritime disaster, the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff during WWII.

Never forget that Americans are a resilient people who come together during times of tragedy and disaster.

Those people who receive a monthly paycheck will probably be able to relate to feeling quite financially strained a week or so out from payday, and for these people a sudden financial outlay during this period could mean disaster.

Here in Canada and overseas, the Red Cross stands ready to help people before, during and after a disaster.

Common causes may include weather — including natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes, car accidents, household accidents, and physical or emotional trauma during interactions with people or other animals.

According to Science editor David Grimm, the fact that many people died in the floods because they wouldn't leave their animals behind — as well as the sight of hundreds of abandoned cats and dogs after the flood waters receded — prompted major changes to state and federal laws regarding the evacuation of pets during disasters.

DAR's mission is to develop and implement preparedness, response, and recovery plans necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of domestic animals, and the people who own or have responsibility for animals during emergencies and disasters.

The Senate substituted a more comprehensive version for HR 3858, which would grant FEMA the authority to assist in developing disaster plans and make financial contributions to state and local authorities to procure or construct emergency animal shelters, and allow the federal government to provide direct assistance during a disaster to help people with companion animals and service animals, as well as the animals themselves, following a major disaster.

«This trailer and its supplies will prepare us for a better disaster response and the tools to reunite people and their pets during stressful times, when lives are turned upside down.»

The trailer can provide temporary re-location for pets and service animals for people who evacuate their homes during disasters such as floods, hazmat emergencies, or earthquakes.

Purina also donates pet food during disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, when there are floods and fires, and other times there are people and pets in need.

«History shows that people have not evacuated during disasters because they did not want to leave their pets behind, and including pets in emergency planning before a disaster occurs helps keep the entire household safe,» Mandell said.

Gave 1,954 pets microchips, for a better chance of being reunited with their people if ever lost or separated during a disaster;

Nearly half of the people who stayed behind during the disaster stayed because they refused to leave their pets behind, and in the aftermath of the storm Congress passed a law that impelled rescue agencies to save pets as well as their owners during natural disasters.

Search and rescue dogs are dogs that are trained to use scent to locate missing people during a wide variety of situations, such as natural disasters, mass causality events, or in a missing persons» case in law - enforcement.

This means disaster relief organizations and the receiving shelters will need support during this heroic effort.It's hard not to be touched by the pictures of the animals who are the victims of these events, and many people will be moved to adopt one of them.

Written as a narrative, this page - turner takes an inside look at what happened to two families, a community, unprepared agencies and an inept company during an environmental disaster involving a new kind of oil few people know much about.

More than 370,000 people died during the decade as a result of extreme weather and climate conditions — heat, cold, drought, storms and floods, according to data from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters.

Examples are: Environmental gas displacement Confined spaces, combined withaccidental gas leaks, such as mines, submarines, refrigerators, or otherconfined spaces Fire extinguisher systems that flood spaces with inertgases, such as computer data centers and sealedvaults Large - scale natural release of gas, such as during the Lake Nyos disaster inwhich volcanically - released carbon dioxide killed 1,800 people.

The people of the Gulf Coast, the oil industry, and the environment dodged a bullet, because the woefully inadequate, even counterproductive cleanup measures that were in place during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster have not been improved since that catastrophe killed eleven rig workers and ravaged human health and the environment throughout the region.

We do not intend to change current practices with respect to involvement of others in an individual's treatment decisions; informal information - sharing among persons involved; or the sharing of protected health information during a disaster.

During just the first four days of Hurricane Sandy, over 20,000 flights were cancelled according to the Chicago Tribune, and the super storm continued to disrupt travel around the world for hundreds of thousands of people scheduled to fly to or through the East Coast of the U.S. Of course, natural disasters aren't the only -LSB-...]

Remember that during a natural disaster, thousands of people may be on the phone contacting their insurance companies.

NATURAL DISASTER: Subject to the Terms of this insurance and in the event of a Natural Disaster that occurred during the Period of Coverage, the Company will pay the Insured Person up to the amount shown in the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS / LIMITS if the Insured Person is displaced from scheduled, paid accommodations due to an evacuation before a forecasted Natural Disaster or following a Natural DDISASTER: Subject to the Terms of this insurance and in the event of a Natural Disaster that occurred during the Period of Coverage, the Company will pay the Insured Person up to the amount shown in the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS / LIMITS if the Insured Person is displaced from scheduled, paid accommodations due to an evacuation before a forecasted Natural Disaster or following a Natural DDisaster that occurred during the Period of Coverage, the Company will pay the Insured Person up to the amount shown in the SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS / LIMITS if the Insured Person is displaced from scheduled, paid accommodations due to an evacuation before a forecasted Natural Disaster or following a Natural DDisaster or following a Natural DisasterDisaster.

This means that, during a disaster, only one in four people will actually be covered for the losses incurred.

Created and implemented an emergency action plan to evacuate large amounts of people and maintain their safety during a natural disaster

• Implemented 1200 outreach programs over a course of 5 years to raise awareness of potential risks and immediate ways of handling them • Saved an entire office (87) people from impending disaster by quickly evacuating them from the premises before the onset of a flood • Devise safety development plans in a bid to deal with natural or manmade disasters • Provide consultancy to businesses in regards to functional steadiness during emergencies • Analyze and plan for potential risks by performing risk assessment tasks to ward off dangers associated with infection outbreaks and disasters • Prepare safety exercises and drills and execute practice drills to prepare personnel for actual events • Communicate with emergency services in the event of an emergency and help coordinate response for non-emergency service organizations • Design and implement emergency preparedness training to ensure that personnel respond to emergency situations in a proactive manner • Determine goals and develop comprehensive tracking systems to ensure appropriate implementation of emergency preparedness programs