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Community Storm Shelters

Programs that provide temporary shelter in facilities that are designed or retrofitted to withstand tornado or hurricane force winds and sited away from potential debris hazards for people whose own homes or workplaces may be unsafe in extreme weather events. Included are single-purpose, stand-alone facilities specifically built as severe storm refuges and multipurpose buildings such as schools and hospitals with pre-identified safe areas that are opened to the public during severe weather.

• Service code: TH-2300.1200
• 1 provider

Disaster Declarations Information

Programs that provide information about the disaster declaration status of states (and localities within states) that have experienced a specific situation such as a fire, flood, storm, earthquake, epidemic, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage or other similar condition that is beyond the ability of local and/or state authorities to manage. The process to request state and/or federal assistance after a disaster or emergency is initiated when the local governing body or the Governor submits a formal request to the appropriate state or federal office. Program and financial assistance vary depending on the type of declaration or proclamation, whether the situation constitutes an emergency or a disaster, and the type of assistance required. A declaration by the President of a federal major disaster or emergency is required to initiate the flow of federal resources.

• Service code: TH-2300.1300
• 2 providers

Emergency Communications

Programs that provide services, often through one or more intermediaries, which enable two or more parties to communicate in emergency situations where normal means of communication are unavailable. Included are individuals (such as amateur radio or CB operators) and organizations (such as Amateur Radio Emergency Service) that provide alternative communications channels following a major disaster or large-scale emergency that disrupts the normal functioning of a community.

• Service code: TH-2300.1400
• 2 providers

Emergency Pharmacies

Temporary facilities that are established in areas that have been devastated by a major disaster or large-scale emergency to dispense insulin, heart medication and other critically needed prescription drugs that disaster victims are unable to obtain by normal means.

• Service code: TH-2300.1650
• 1 provider