Daily Emergency Services Report  Click for Whole Story

________________________________________ From: Alison Maruca [mailto:marucaa@savannahredcross.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:34 PM To: alison2137@aol.com Subject: DAILY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORT Volunteers Needed We still need people who can repair and clean equipment, particularly trucks and trailers, in preparation for the coming hurricane season. Contact John Wright at 651-5339 for more information. Activity Reported in the Past 24 Hours Note to all team leaders: If possible, please forward incident basic information to Alison via email, fax or phone so that it can be posted here. marucaa@savannahredcross.org , 912-651-5321, fax 912-651-5324, cell 203-216-4666. Chatham Branch No reported activity. Evans Bra...

HOW YOU CAN HELP  Click for Whole Story

When a tornado touched down in Effingham County Saturday night, March 15th, 47 homes were affected by 100 mph wind gusts, leaving a trail of destruction in the Ebenezer community. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, Red Cross provided emergency assistance (food, shelter and other basic necessities) to those that had been affected. The Effingham County Disaster Action Team (DAT) headed up by Al Lucas mobilized to do damage assessment, mobile feeding, provide comfort kits and outreach to their fellow citizens. When disaster strikes, Red Cross staff and volunteers go into action to provide immediate emergency assistance to those that have been affected are in need of our help. Disaster services are provided at no charge to the recipient and are made possible by generous contributio...

Come out and Volunteer!!  Click for Whole Story

The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross just completed a 9 day, 24 hour/day deployment in response to the Imperial Sugar Refinery disaster in Port Wentworth. During this time we served over 2400 hot meals and 7500 snacks like candy bars and gatorade to the emergency response crews on the scene. The effort involved over 50 volunteers and 8 full time staff. You can see that we depend on our volunteers! We know many of you wanted to help! Now is the time to get trained so that you can help during the next disaster! Our volunteers do everything from drive our Emergency Response Vehicles to casework in our largest ongoing disaster response -- single family house fires. Do you know that in our area a family loses their home on average once every 20 hours? We have 18 Full Tim...

Home Fires Remain A Huge Problem In Our Area...  Click for Whole Story

WHY SHOULD HOME FIRES BE A CONCERN FOR FAMILIES? • More than 80 percent (or 4 out of 5) of Americans do not recognize that home fires are the greatest and most common disaster threat. (American Red Cross) • Only 26 percent of families have actually developed and practiced a home fire escape plan. (American Red Cross) • In the United States, a home fire is reported every 79 seconds, and someone dies from a fire every 135 minutes. (National Fire Protection Association) • Since fires kill more Americans each year than all natural disasters combined, the Red Cross urges families to use Red Cross resources to develop a fire escape plan and to take steps toward fire prevention and safety. GENERAL FOCUS • Home fires affect Americans from all backgrounds and geographic location...

American Red Cross ”Adopt A Family”  Click for Whole Story

You may be surprised to learn that...home fires kill more Americans each year than all other disasters combined! Our Chapter spends approximately $1,000 per fire to help a family of four. Within the past 12 months, our Chapter has spent over $200,000 in assistance to fire victims. Home fires are known as the ”silent” disaster. Individual tragedies do not receieve as much media attention as large scale national disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and tsunamies. But, the victims of home fires are just as traumatized, just as displaced and just as in need of our help. To find out how you might ”Adopt A Family”, call 912-651-5349 or email hardyt@savannahredcross.org to obtain more information....

Get Your Business Involved Today!  Click for Whole Story

The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross introduces READY WHEN THE TIME COMES! READY WHEN THE TIME COMES is a program designed to maintain a reserve base of volunteers that are prepared to respond to LOCAL, LARGE-SCALE DISASTERS. Local companies/organizations can build an alliance with the American Red Cross, and their employees can help with large disasters in their hometown. Company employees receive FREE training! Company is given FREE advertising! For more information, contact Gabriel Randall at gabrielmrandall@AOL.com or Gerri McKinley at mckinleyg@savannahredcross.org ...