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American Red Cross provides support for individuals and families affected by recent storms, floods, tornados, and other natural disasters in the Chicagoland region. Dedicated volunteers provide resources regarding temporary sheltering/housing, mental health assistance, financial assistance, and health services, as well as community referrals to aid individuals and families in their disaster recovery.

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Disaster Declarations Information
Post Disaster Crisis Counseling
Mass Care Shelters
Provides health professionals and other non-medical volunteers an organized mechanism through which they can volunteer their time and skills to strengthen their communities by preparing for and responding to emergencies and disasters, such as (but not limited to) influenza outbreak/spread, epidemic, chemical release, or act of terrorism.

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Disaster Related Volunteer Preparedness/Mobilization Programs
Disaster Response Services

Provides services for those effected by natural and man-made disasters.

Maintains emergency management activities including planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation for Whiteside County. Also serves as the central point of contact for receiving reports of incidents that occur within the county and for disseminating emergency-related information. Emergency preparedness and recovery resources are available for natural hazards such as droughts, earthquakes, floods, large-scale fires, tornadoes, and winter storms. As well as man-made hazards such as civil disorder incidents, hazardous material incidents, major transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, pollution and sanitation problems, and terrorism incidents.

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County Offices of Emergency Services
Disaster Response Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Government Departments/Offices

Provides emergency response and damage assessments to incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disaster.

Prepares and carries out disaster response and recovery actions to prevent, minimize, repair, and alleviate injury and damage from natural, man-made, or nuclear disasters. Emergency preparedness and recovery resources are available for natural hazards such as droughts, earthquakes, floods, large-scale fires, tornadoes, and winter storms. As well as man-made hazards such as civil disorder incidents, hazardous material incidents, major transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, pollution and sanitation problems and terrorism incidents.

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Disaster Response Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Government Departments/Offices
County Offices of Emergency Services

Offers to work with surrounding communities and businesses to develop procedures and preparations in the case of an emergency or disaster. Services include testing of sirens every month, ensure safety in case of a nuclear disaster, notify the public in case of a severe weather alert, and working with companies in the local area that deal with hazardous materials.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster Response Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services
Volunteers (medical and non-medical) who wish to help public health prepare and respond to emergency events in Rock Island County.

Services

Disaster Related Volunteer Preparedness/Mobilization Programs
Disaster Response Services
Families of military personnel can apply for financial assistance for a wide range of needs including but not limited to utilities, medical, and car repair. Red Cross also provides information and referral for other services for these families. Red Cross workers use advanced communications technologies to link service members with their families. The Emergency Communications Center quickly and efficiently obtains the required information and sends emergency communication messages to service members of every branch of service wherever in the world they happen to be.

Services

Emergency Communications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
The IEMA website has information on preparing for or dealing with a natural, technological, chemical, or manmade hazards. There are also plenty of links to other resources and information on contacting IEMA in case of emergency.

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State Offices of Emergency Services
Disaster Response Services
Disaster Preparedness Information

Offers to work with surrounding communities and businesses to develop procedures and preparations in the case of an emergency or disaster. Services include testing of sirens on the first Tuesday of every month, working with the Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant to ensure safety in case of a nuclear disaster, coordinating with the National Weather Service to notify the public in case of a severe weather alert, and working with companies in the local area that deal with hazardous materials.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services
County Government Departments/Offices
County Offices of Emergency Services

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters, natural and manmade. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services
Disaster Response Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Families of military personnel can apply for financial assistance for a wide range of needs including but not limited to utilities, medical, and car repair. Red Cross also provides information and referral for other services for these families. Red Cross workers use advanced communications technologies to link service members with their families. The Emergency Communications Center quickly and efficiently obtains the required information and sends emergency communication messages to service members of every branch of service wherever in the world they happen to be.

Services

Emergency Communications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Families of military personnel can apply for financial assistance for a wide range of needs including but not limited to utilities, medical, and car repair. Red Cross also provides information and referral for other services for these families. Red Cross workers use advanced communications technologies to link service members with their families. The Emergency Communications Center quickly and efficiently obtains the required information and sends emergency communication messages to service members of every branch of service wherever in the world they happen to be.

Services

Emergency Communications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Families of military personnel can apply for financial assistance for a wide range of needs including but not limited to utilities, medical, and car repair. Red Cross also provides information and referral for other services for these families. Red Cross workers use advanced communications technologies to link service members with their families. The Emergency Communications Center quickly and efficiently obtains the required information and sends emergency communication messages to service members of every branch of service wherever in the world they happen to be.

Services

Emergency Communications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance

Offers to protect the health of the public in the event of an emergency.

Works with Emergency Management and a wide range of community partners to keep the residents of the County safe. These partners represent the medical community, law enforcement, fire departments, schools, emergency management agencies and many other agencies on the local, state and federal level.

Services

Disaster Response Services
Community Disaster Service Centers/Hotlines

Offers to work with surrounding communities and businesses to develop procedures and preparations in the case of an emergency or disaster. Services include droughts, earthquakes, floods, large-scale fires, tornadoes, and winter storms. As well as man-made hazards such as civil disorder incidents, hazardous material incidents, major transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, pollution and sanitation problems, and terrorism incidents.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services
County Government Departments/Offices

Provides information about how to prepare for an emergency, or join the Medical Reserve Corps.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster Response Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services

Provides emergency response and damage assessments to incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disaster.

Offers to work with surrounding communities and businesses to develop procedures and preparations in the case of an emergency or disaster. Services may also include information regarding ema weather briefings, alerts and warnings, local emergency planning committee information and links, emergency alerts, emergency planning, hazmat ordinance, current emergencies, preparedness, mitigation planning, and floodplain management.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services

Provides emergency preparedness and recovery resources are available for natural hazards such as droughts, earthquakes, floods, large-scale fires, tornadoes, and winter storms. As well as man-made hazards such as civil disorder incidents, hazardous material incidents, major transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, pollution and sanitation problems, and terrorism incidents. Other services include pre-hospital emergency medical services, vial for Life (medical information), CPR and First Aid classes, and 24/7 Advanced Life Support Emergency Transport.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services

Offers to protect the health of the public in the event of an emergency.

Works with Emergency Management and a wide range of community partners to keep the residents of the County safe. These partners represent the medical community, law enforcement, fire departments, schools, emergency management agencies and many other agencies on the local, state and federal level.

Services

Disaster Response Services
Community Disaster Service Centers/Hotlines
Families of military personnel can apply for financial assistance for a wide range of needs including but not limited to utilities, medical, and car repair. Red Cross also provides information and referral for other services for these families. Red Cross workers use advanced communications technologies to link service members with their families. The Emergency Communications Center quickly and efficiently obtains the required information and sends emergency communication messages to service members of every branch of service wherever in the world they happen to be.

Services

Emergency Communications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Families of military personnel can apply for financial assistance for a wide range of needs including but not limited to utilities, medical, and car repair. Red Cross also provides information and referral for other services for these families. Red Cross workers use advanced communications technologies to link service members with their families. The Emergency Communications Center quickly and efficiently obtains the required information and sends emergency communication messages to service members of every branch of service wherever in the world they happen to be.

Services

Emergency Communications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Families of military personnel can apply for financial assistance for a wide range of needs including but not limited to utilities, medical, and car repair. Red Cross also provides information and referral for other services for these families. Red Cross workers use advanced communications technologies to link service members with their families. The Emergency Communications Center quickly and efficiently obtains the required information and sends emergency communication messages to service members of every branch of service wherever in the world they happen to be.

Services

Emergency Communications
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Medical Care Expense Assistance
Information and Referral
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance