Posts Tagged ‘volunteers’

Southern Taiwan hit by 6.4 earthquake causing extensive damage, people trapped inside buildings

     Southern Taiwan was hit was hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake early Saturday, with heavy damage reported. Rescue crews are trying to save people feared to be trapped inside a collapsed building in the city of Tainan. 05 February 2016 22:18 GMT Tainan City has been hit by flooding as the result of broken […]

Investigating how to recruit volunteers for crisis situations

In crisis situations, aid organizations have to manage the great numbers of volunteers who spontaneously appear wanting to help. In the INKA project, Fraunhofer researchers have taken a look at how to better recruit, retain and make effective use of volunteers in disaster control. The flooding of the river Elbe in early summer 2013 was […]

NY GOP candidate: 9/11 volunteers shouldn’t be covered by health bill

David Edwards Raw Story Aug 25, 2011 The Republican vying for the congressional seat left vacant by former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) says that a 9/11 health care law shouldn’t cover workers who volunteered at Ground Zero. Bob Turner told The New York Daily News Editorial Board Tuesday that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act […]

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