Disaster Response
Each year, the American Red Cross responds immediately to more than 70,000 disasters, including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster responses), hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents, explosions, and other natural and man-made disasters. Last year, the Greater Carolinas Chapter assisted 1,270 local residents who suffered a house fire or other disaster.
In addition, in the Fall of 2005, more than 3,500 Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita received Red Cross assistance from the Greater Carolinas Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Please use the links to the right to discover more details about the Disaster Services Department of the Greater Carolinas Chapter.
 
Disaster Preparedness
The Greater Carolinas Chapter of American Red Cross engages in on-going preparedness activities to help people prepare for disasters and/or emergencies before they happen through the sharing of information, community presentations and public service announcements. Our goals are:
- Increasing public awareness of the natural and human-caused hazards that threaten them.
- Educating members of the community to help them prevent, prepare for, respond to and reduce the severity of disasters.
- Ensuring that people are aware of risks in their communities and know the appropriate actions to take to reduce injury, loss of life and loss of property.
- Motivate people to take these steps
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services--water, gas, electricity or telephones--were cut off? Therefore, the best way to make your family and your home safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes. Learn how you, your family, business, or organization can better prepare for disasters and emergencies by requesting a disaster preparedness presentation.
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