Immediate Needs after an Emergency

  • Search and Rescue: Search and rescue operations need to be carried out in an emergency basis to save the disaster survivors.

Search and Rescue Operations
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  • Emergency Medical aid: Lots of people are injured during emergencies. So emergency medical services is badly needed to support the injured victims.

Emergency Medical AID 
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Food and drinking water: The disaster survivors are in need of food and drinking water.

Food and Drinking water 
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  • A place to stay: People need a place to live as many houses and buildings are destroyed.

A place to stay
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  • Find the family members: Most disasters and emergencies led to separated family members. So the victims need some communication method to find out their lost family members.

Communication Technology/ Find the family members
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