Emergency preparedness takes planning. Learn how the Red Cross trains for disasters in your community with mock shelter set-ups. | Canadian Red Cross

Recently, the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Management Team ran a preparedness exercise at the Whitehorse Canada Games Centre that involved the complete set up and simulated operation of a reception centre and congregate shelter in preparation for wildfire season in the Yukon. “Our Red Cross volunteers are the backbone of the organization. They are the people that make it run. These are the folks that take time out of their busy lives to come and help set up and get ready for people who are in ne

“Without the Red Cross and donations, there’s not a chance we would’ve been able to do what we did.” The Jasper Royal Canadian Legion Branch 31 "The Stand Easy" is a community cornerstone, and it’s managed by Sue and Keith, with the help of dedicated volunteers and veterans. After the wildfires in Jasper, Sue and Keith were brought back to the town early to provide food and lodging for first responders. Eventually, this expanded to 40 nightly dinners for community members returning home after ev

The Jamaica Red Cross, supported by Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners coordinated by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is hard at work in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Red Cross teams are cleaning up the Petersfield Health Centre in western Jamaica, an area that was severely impacted by the storm. A Canadian Red Cross emergency medical clinic is being mobilized to Jamaica with a multidisciplinary team of Red Cross humanitarian experts already on t