Your American Red Cross

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1 Your American Red Cross Virginia Emergency Management Symposium March 23, 2017

2 Mission American Red Cross The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

3 We supply nearly half the nation s blood.

4 We teach lifesaving skills.

5 We help the military and their families.

6 We provide humanitarian aid worldwide.

7 Disaster Cycle Services

8 Prepare Facilitate a person, business, organization, or community to take action before, during or after an emergency to limit the impact of the emergency Increase number of individuals and families who have taken steps to be more prepared Calls-to-action: Download preparedness app and make an emergency plan Encourage membership/partnership as a Ready When the Time Comes Partner Strengthen the public's awareness of preparedness and their participation in Red Cross programs

9 Build on the readiness and community mobilization work of our field units Meet immediate emergency needs Work more closely with government on response activities Respond

10 Begins when emergency needs have been met Base services on clients and community needs Make decisions at the level closest to the client Serve as a convener of community resources to meet client s short and long term needs Recover

11 Our Goal Increase the number of home fires we respond to & reduce the number of deaths & injuries Increase the financial support we give to individual disaster clients Deliver services more efficiently and be in even more local communities

12 How We Operate

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14 STATE(S) Mid Atlantic Division # Red Cross Regions PA 3 Region Names Eastern PA Central PA Western PA MD & DE 1 Greater Chesapeake Washington, DC / NCR 1 National Capital Region Virginia 1 Virginia North Carolina 2 Eastern North Carolina Western North Carolina South Carolina 1 South Carolina

15 Division Contacts Name Phone Scott Graham Division Disaster Executive Greg Mack Division Disaster State Relations Director Sara Hicks-West Division Disaster Director Christina Miller State Relations Disaster Liaison

16 Consolidated Regional Structure Provide more robust & consistent services across a wider geography Serving more clients with more direct assistance Adding more volunteer leaders and involving them in more ways Volunteers have always been and continue to be the backbone of the Red Cross

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18 Regional Contacts Region Name Phone Virginia National Capitol Region Victoria Kling Regional Disaster Officer James T Hatcher, III Regional CEO Paul Carden Regional Disaster Officer Linda Mathes Regional CEO victoria.kling@redcross.org james.hatcheriii@redcross.org paul.carden@redcross.org linda.mathes@redcross.org

19 Home Fires Respond to more than 1000 Single Family Fires / Multi Family Fires each and every year Provide Direct Client Assistance to support their recovery needs Home Fire Campaign Over 10,000 alarms installed in the Virginia Region

20 Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) Hero Care Network (Casework) Emergency Communication Critical Community Services Active Duty Casualty Assistance Financial Aid

21 County Emergency Management Government Partnerships

22 Non-Government Partnerships

23 Recovery

24 Types of Recovery Assistance Offered Additional assistance offered: one-on-one support, recovery planning, referrals and advocacy

25 Recovery Program Elements We Will Always Provide Community Strategy Development Casework and Recovery Planning Direct Client Assistance* Preparedness Information When Resources Allows We Will Provide (In Order of Priority) Additional Direct Client Assistance Partner and Interagency Support Community Preparedness and Resilience Building

26 RC View New Tools for Damage Assessment

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30 Home Fire Preparedness Campaign

31 Home Fire Preparedness Campaign National initiative to reduce # of death & injuries from house fires by 25% within 5 years Deadliest Natural Disasters of the 21 st Century (min > 150 Fatalities) 3000 Fires account for 94% of disasters 6 times a day in the US, someone dies in a home fire Home Fires Hurricane Katrina (2005) 2011 Tornadoes Hurricane Sandy (2012) 31 of

32 A nationwide effort by the Red Cross and partners, in collaboration with local fire departments and aligned with existing preparedness initiatives, to convene community coalitions and mobilize resources to save lives and reduce injuries from home fires

33 Campaign Cornerstones Door-to-door installation of smoke alarms and completion of home-safety checklists and plans in vulnerable neighborhoods Youth engagement in classrooms and after school with technology, challenges, and science-based education 1 3 Marketing campaign to motivate individuals to take action to save themselves, their families and their neighbors by testing smoke alarms and practicing escape plans

34 Campaign Impact Nationwide Documented Lives Saved 197 People Served 806,874 Households Prepared 294,269 Smoke Alarms Installed 702,060 Students Educated* 707,862 Endorsing National Organizations 41 Coalition Partners Engaged 4072 Fire Escape Plans Made 248,537 * Through the Pillowcase Project ** Organization and individual community volunteers

35 Questions?

36 Heard smoke alarms going off and safely escaped Virginia Lives Saved Fire Escape Planning was very helpful as they had to use their secondary exit to escape safely Before the Home Fire Campaign In- Home Visit, the family did not have any smoke alarms installed in their home

37 Contact: Victoria Kling Greg Mack Thank You!