page_title: Aid station
section_title: Disaster response
hierarchical_section_title: Aid station / Disaster response
caption_attribution_description: English: Orlando, FL, September 12, 2004-- A tent is set up as a medical aid station at the Orange County Convention Center. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams have set up an operation center for residents of Florida. FEMA Photo/Jocelyn Augustino
context_page_description: An aid station is a temporary facility established to provide supplies to endurance event participants or medical first aid and provisions during major events, disaster response situations, or military operations.
  Aid stations may be divided into sections where the station serves both medical and non-medical functions.
context_section_description: In disaster areas, aid stations may be established to provide triage for injured persons or longer term support for those in need of food or shelter.
  Aid stations may be established in response to both a natural and man-made disaster events and may remain in place for the duration of the disaster recovery effort or may be replaced by larger or more permanent facilities such as field or mobile hospitals. William L. Waugh gives the example of an aid station established during the aftermath of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse and later replaced with more substantive triage facilities.
  In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, FEMA and the Red Cross established a number of emergency aid stations throughout New Orleans and near evacuation centers. These provided food, water, recovery supplies, medical aid and became a focal point of efforts to find missing persons. A number of privately owned facilities became makeshift aid stations including the bar, Johnny White's.
caption: Inside a Disaster Medical Assistance Team aid station.
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