# Presentation: 688182

## HURRICANE  RESPONSE 2005AMERICAN RED CROSS

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**HURRICANE  RESPONSE ****2005****AMERICAN RED CROSS**

## Service Delivery Scope

## Slide 3

| Sheltering Operations  |  |   |
| --- | --- | --- |
|    | Shelters Opened | 1,196 |
|    | Overnight Stays | 3,519,950 |
| Emergency Food |  |   |
|    | Meals Served | 34 million  |
|    | Snacks Served | 30.4 million  |

## Slide 4

| Health and Mental Health  |  |   |
| --- | --- | --- |
|    | Health Services Contacts | 922,430 |
|    | Mental Health Services Contacts | 801,280 |
| Relief Supplies  |  |   |
|    | Comfort Kits | 204,630 |
|    | Clean Up Kits | 352,770 |

## Slide 5

| Financial Assistance |  |   |
| --- | --- | --- |
|    | Families  | 1.2 million |
|    | Individuals | 3.7 million  |
| Fundraising* |  |   |
|    | Dollar Value  | $2.12 billion*  |
| Staffing Relief Operations  |  |   |
|    | Red Cross Relief Workers | 233,760 |
|    | New Volunteers Trained  | 60,000 |
|    | States Represented | All 50 + DC |
| *As of January 31, 2006  |  |  |

## Partners for 
Effective 
Emergency 
Response (PEER)

**Effective **
**Emergency **
**Response (PEER)**

## 2004 Hurricane Season

**Exhausted human resources for mass care, health, mental health and client casework**
**Recognized large, untapped resources among our partners of qualified volunteers**
**Requested partners to contact members to solicit volunteers**
**Screened and deployed through NHQ/ DOC**

## 		Involved Partners

**Mental Health Professional Associations**
**Nursing Professional Associations**
**Certified Chaplain Associations**
**Unions**
**Medical Reserve Corps**
**Selected Journals of Above Groups**

##   Results of PEER - 2005

**2,170 Applications for Deployment Received**
**1,764 - licensed individuals**
**   ****406 - unlicensed**
**1,794 Individuals were Deployed**
**Above individuals assigned to following activities/ groups**
**Disaster Mental Health (DMH)****	****	**
**Disaster Health Services (DHS)**
**Client Case Work **
**Sheltering**
**Liaisons**
**Staff Services**
**Material Support Services**
**Spiritual Response Team (SRT)**

## Composition of Those Deployed

**Sheltering****	****	****	****152**
**DMH****	****	****	****	****871**
**DHS****	****	****	****	****440**
**Labor Liaison****	****	****  43**
**SRT****	****	****	****	****  80**
**Others divided between other listed activities**

## Medical  Reserve  Corp (MRC)

**2002 – Established Relationship with MRC ****            through the USA Freedom Corp**** **
**2004 – Hurricane Season deployed MRC**** **
**2005 – Hurricane Season**
**	****	****      ****- 400 MRC deployed through PEER**
**                ****- 10 Public Health Service liaisons placed  **
**                   ****in ARC Disaster Operation Center**

## 	GOING  FORWARD

**Announcement to ARC Chapters**
**	****- Encourage Chapters to work with Local Public ****  Health and Medical Reserve Corp to assure ****  that medical care is provided during ****  Public Health Emergencies (Low Acuity)**
**Co-Shelter Arrangement**** **
**Staffing ****- Pre-disaster Application **
**	****- Deploy as Teams**
**	****- Deploy through ARC Disaster Staffing, NOT PEER**
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