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Getting
Assistance
If you or anyone you
know needs disaster-recovery assistance due to a fire, flood or
other emergency, please contact the chapter immediately, 24 hours a
day, at 1-973-379-4198.
The Millburn - Short Hills Chapter can help those with
disaster-caused emergency needs including food, clothing, a place to
stay, emergency medications, counseling and recovery advice and
assistance.
All Red Cross assistance is given free-of-charge, an
outright gift of the American people, made possible by their
generous contributions of time, money and skills.
Tim
McGraw
National Disaster Relief
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Disaster
Services and the Red Cross
Each year, the American Red Cross responds to more than 70,000
disasters including house or apartment fires - our most frequent
disaster response - as well as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes,
tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents,
explosions and other natural and man-made disasters.
The Red Cross is not a government agency, but its
authority to provide disaster relief was formalized in 1905 when the
Red Cross was chartered by Congress to "carry on a system of
national and international relief in time of peace and apply the
same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine,
fire, floods and other great national calamities, and to devise and
carry on measures for preventing the same." The Charter is not only
a grant of power, but also an imposition of duties and obligations
to the nation, to disaster victims, and to the people who generously
support its work with their donations.
Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting
people's immediate emergency disaster-caused needs. When a disaster
threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food, and
health and mental health services to address basic human needs. In
addition to these services, the core of Red Cross disaster relief is
the assistance given to individuals and families affected by
disaster to enable them to resume their normal daily activities
independently.
The Red Cross also feeds emergency workers, handles
inquiries from concerned family members outside the disaster area,
provides blood and blood products to disaster victims, and helps
those affected by disaster to access other available resources.
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