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    Governmental and civilian preparations and recovery for natural or manmade disasters.

     

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    Emergency Services

    Disaster Grants (Grantmaking)

     

    Click here to read more about disaster relief from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_relief   Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of ...

    Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society ...

     

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    US Department of State

    http://www.state.gov/  

    Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI)

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    Time for a Nonprofit Natural Disaster Gameplan

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    Understanding Disasters and Humanitarian Response

    Center for International Disaster Information http://www.cidi.org/resource.htm  

    Articles and News  

    Relevant articles addressing international disaster relief, with ...

     

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    Of all the People & Organizations involved with Disaster preparedness - relief, who knows most? What are the best contacts for people just starting out on this topic?

     

    "FEMA's continuing mission within the new department is to lead the effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and ...
    "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious ...
    "The purpose of the Office of Emergency Management is to execute the Governor's responsibilities to maintain an emergency services system as prescribed in ORS 401 ...
    "US HERO units are Emergency Response Units, with some being volunteer fire departments dealing with Widland Fire. Our primary job is to conduct Search & ...

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      We are a Christian global health organization that empowers communities to live full and healthy lives. We work with grassroots organizations, churches ...
    Mercy Corps is a team of 3700 professionals helping turn crisis into opportunity for millions around the world. By trade, we are engineers, financial analysts, ...
    "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious ...
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    Here are all the People & Organizations working on Disaster preparedness - relief:

     

     

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    Supporting Foundations and Affinity Groups

     

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    Click here for information on emergency responses from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionhttp://www.bt.cdc.gov/

     

     

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