The Badger Chapter of the American Red Cross has three areas in Emergency Services. This service provides reporting and communication services, primarily the transmittal of emergency messages to military personnel both in the United States and overseas regarding news of serious illness, death or birth of family members at home.
Caseworkers also provide referral services to military families in our community.
This service is the process by which attempts are made to re-establish communications between civilian families in other countries and our community where war or disaster has interrupted lines of normal communications. The American Red Cross has been assisting disaster victims since the Michigan forest fires of 1881. Through a network of local chapters, supported by state lead units and national headquarters, the Red Cross provides a nationwide disaster services program of planning, preparedness, and response to disasters, and participates with other national Red Cross societies in international relief operations. The American Red Cross is required by Congressional Charter to undertake relief activities for the purpose of mitigating the suffering caused by disaster. The Red Cross provides both emergency mass care and individual assistance to people with urgent and verified disaster-caused needs.