 What is the Red Cross  How the Red Cross Help Out  Combining communication  Existing Machinery  Nationalized Event Domination Construction  Powers and Disadvantages

What it Is and How it Helps!

 Household tragedy relief  Community Service to help out the deprived  Supports Military Associates and their families  Gather, methods, and Distributes Blood  Recommend Learning Courses  Suggest global Relief and Developmental Programs

 Emergency Response Units (ERUs)  Monetary Support  Relief Supplies  Technological Support

Command Center to Organizations

 Internal Communication  Chief of Authority (Administration)  Sector leaders  Stages  Workers  Volunteers

 External Communication  Government  Media  Emergency Reply Divisions

Disaster Preparedness

 Disaster Management Information System (DMIS)  Is a web-based running device made available only to Red Cross and Red Crescent employees.  Users are able to access:  Real time information on disaster trends;  Online interior and exterior resources;  Tools and record basses.

 Humanitarian Logistics Software (HLS)  HLS is a Chief aspect in victorious disaster management.  HLS Consists of 5 Modules:  General: set up information and data  Mobilization  Procurement  Logistics and trailing  Reporting: standard and Ad hoc reports

What it Is

 The Secretariat  The Leading Bodies  The Broad Meeting  The Central Board

Disaster Preparedness

 High Input of Contributions  Supplies Families With Monetary Resources  Provides Persons With Warm Feasts  Volunteers to Help in a Disaster

 Reply Time can be Unhurried  Telephone Lines can be Busy  Mismanagement can Arise  Stronger in Some Nations Against Others  Needs to Enlarge Support From Commercial Companies

The Red Cross an Association Committed on Serving those in times of catastrophe is an union that must rely greatly on communication, technology, and its command structure to do its tasks accordingly. Even though the union has both strong points and disadvantages it is still the number one association in the judgment of Americans and has been at the fore front to help with catastrophes around the globe.

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