Emergency Services

Disaster Relief
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, provides blood and blood products to disaster victims, and helps those affected by disaster to access other available resources.

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Preparedness Training
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services--water, gas, electricity or telephones--were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. Therefore, the best way to make your family and your home safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes

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Together We Prepare
The American Red Cross encourages citizens everyone to prepare through its Together We Prepare Program.

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Armed Forces Emergency Services (AFES)
The Red Cross is mandated by Congress to provide communications and other services to active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces and community based military and their families.

If you are a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or a family member of a service member who needs communication assistance please contact 608-788-1000 or 800-837-6313.

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