American Red Cross Emergency Services provides relief to people who have experienced natural and or

man-made disasters. This unit is prepared at all times to provide food, clothing, and shelter to disaster victims. All assistance is free and universal; disaster victims are not expected to pay the Red Cross for any services provided to them. Assistance to disaster victims includes:

• Vouchers for food, clothing, and household goods

• Temporary housing

• Health services and referrals

• Referrals to housing and other social service agencies

Most local disaster assistance is provided to victims of single family house fires.

 

Our volunteer Disaster Action Teams (DAT) are on-call 24/7 to provide disaster relief at a

moment's notice. Other types of local disaster situations include:

• Snowstorms, ice storms and power failures

• Minor creek flooding and flooding of low lying areas.

• Major explosions and chemical leaks

• Train derailments