Each year, the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross responds immediately to nearly 100 local disasters, including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster responses), floods, winter storms, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents, and other natural and man-made disasters.

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Although the American Red Cross is not a government agency, its authority to provide disaster relief was formalized when, in 1905, the Red Cross was chartered by Congress to "carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same." The Charter is not only a grant of power, but also an imposition of duties and obligations to the nation, to disaster victims, and to the people who generously support its work with their donations.

Our local disaster action teams are on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to fulfull our promise that no individual or community will have to deal with a disaster alone.

Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster-caused needs. When a disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food, and health and mental health services to address basic human needs. In addition to these services, the core of Red Cross disaster relief is the assistance given to individuals and families affected by disaster to enable them to resume their normal daily activities independently.

The Red Cross also feeds emergency workers, handles inquiries from concerned family members outside the disaster area, and helps those affected by disaster to access other available resources.

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Disaster Services Training includes the following

1. Introduction to Disaster Services What is Introduction to Disaster Services

2. Mass Care What is Mass Care Overview

3. Shelter Operations What is Shelter Operations

4. Shelter Simulation What is Shelter Simulation

5. Logistics What Is Logistics

6. Logistics Simulation What Is Logistics Simulation

7. Mass Casualty Disaster What Is Mass Casualty Disaster

8. Disaster Assessment What Is Disaster Assessment

9. Family Services What Is Family Services

10. Disaster Mental Health Services What Is Disaster Mental Health An Overview

11. Disaster Action Team Training What Is Disaster Action Team Training


An Introduction To Disaster Services & The American Red Cross