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the victims are in a motel.
Most of the cases are lower income families who do not have insurance, credit cards, relatives, or any other means of support.
The group is averaging about 10 of these calls per year.
Multi-family disasters often result from things like large storms, floods, tornadoes, explosions, or large fires.
The County will then request that the Red Cross open and man a shelter for people who cannot stay in their homes. ,
In Sept. 2003, the group opened and operated a shelter at Culpeper Middle School during Hurricane Isabel.
There are currently only a handful of people who help with these services.
This type of volunteering does not require service outside of the local area unless you want to volunteer to do so and desire to receive additional training.
Helping with local disaster services requires only minimal training.
The local chapter also instructs and provides certification to over 1,000 people per year in a variety of courses such as Adult CPR, Infant and Child CPR, First Aid, Pet
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