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2. Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Wikipedia

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   Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM). [2] is the department of the Maryland state government with primary responsibility and authority for emergency preparedness policy, and for coordinating hazard mitigation, incident response, and disaster recovery. It is headquartered in Reisterstown, Maryland.

3. FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force - Wikipedia

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   Each task force member is a specialist in one of four areas: [1] Search - locating victims of a disaster by using specialized electronic equipment and tools to search for missing or trapped victims, especially rescue personnel who may be stuck inside of a collapsed structure.

4. Community emergency response team - Wikipedia

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   Unit 1: Disaster preparedness (2.5 hrs). Topics include (in part) identifying local disaster threats, disaster impact, mitigation and preparedness concepts, and an overview of citizen corps and CERT. Hands on skills include team-building exercises, and shutting off utilities. Unit 2: Fire safety (2.5 hrs).

5. SBA extends fire relief deadline for those thought to be ...

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   Jan. 21—The U.S. Small Business Administration has distributed more than $257.3 million in disaster loans for 1,391 applicants who sustained property damage from the Aug. 8 wildfires and high ...

6. Disaster medical assistance team - Wikipedia

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   A Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) is a specialized group under the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [1] These teams are composed of professional medical personnel including physicians, physician assistants (PA), nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, and logistical and ...

7. Disaster medicine - Wikipedia

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   The term "disaster medicine" first appeared in the medical lexicon in the post-World War II era. Although coined by former and current military physicians who had served in World War II, the term grow out of a concern for the need to care for military casualties, or nuclear holocaust victims, [citation needed] but out of the need to provide care to the survivors of natural disasters and the ...