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Links:
National Red Cross
Connecticut Red
Cross
Blood
Drive Schedule
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
MARS/CARES
(Middlesex Amateur Radio Society /
Connecticut Amateur Radio Emergency Service)
Our Communities:
CT River
Valley
Middlesex
Chamber
New Britain Chamber |
Disaster Services and
Preparedness Information
Emergency Services *
International Emergency Services
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This helpful guide contains easy to understand
information and simple checklists you can follow to make sure you
and your family is prepared when a disaster strikes.
Click
here to view.
Or you can get a FREE printed copy of "Preparing for
Disaster" by calling FEMA at 1-800-480-2520.
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Emergency Services
 Maintain
a nationwide disaster preparedness program consisting primarily of
volunteers to provide rapid response when disaster strikes and to help
prevent and minimize human suffering.
- Give individual families needed emergency help
with food, rent, clothing, transportation, medical needs, and selected
household furnishings.
- Provide additional assistance to victims for
whom government help is not available.
- Join with government and other agencies in
local and nationwide disaster planning and operations.
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International Emergency Services
- Aid Americans and foreign nationals by seeking
to locate and reunite families separated by war or other causes beyond
their control.
- Serve as a channel for concerned Americans who
wish to be of help to refugees and victims of international disaster or
conflict, and transmit family messages in such situations when normal
communications are not in effect
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