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American Red Cross: Disaster Services
Entry ID: red_cross-disasters

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Summary

Abstract: American Red Cross responds immediately to more than 67,000 disasters,
including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster responses),
hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills,
transportation accidents, explosions, and other natural and man-made disasters.

Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting people's immediate emergency
disaster-caused needs. When a ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Disaster and Safety page.

Service Citation

Title: American Red Cross: Disaster Services
Provider: American Red Cross
URL: http://www.redcrosslv.org/disaster.html

Service Keywords

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >HAZARDS MITIGATION

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >DISASTER RECOVERY/RELIEF

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >HAZARDS PLANNING

HAZARDS MANAGEMENT >DISASTER RESPONSE

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >DROUGHT

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA >HURRICANES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Service Provider

IFRC/ARC > American Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Service Organization URL: http://www.redcross.org/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: AMERICAN RED CROSS Phone: (202) 303-4498 Email: info at usa.redcross.org Contact Address: American Red Cross National Headquarters 2025 E Street, NW City: Washington Province or State: DC Postal Code: 20006 Country: USA

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Publications/References

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission (2008), 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, New Haven, CT, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-pilot-environmental-p...

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission (2006), Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, New Haven, CT, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-perform...

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2004-05-12
SERF Last Revision Date: 2013-01-31

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