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'Mother Nature's Hat Trick.'
Mother Nature's Hat Trick. Massive Property Damage, Human Suffering, and Death.
Disaster Response: Event overview and funding drive for overwhelmed citizen and professional first-responders aid. Small-dollar donations to purchase in-field search, rescue, and recovery responders signalling equipment.
'Answering the Call—Community Volunteers'
Selfless, courageous, resilient, and spontaneous are descriptors we use for local community volunteers who sign up to help tackle the human toll of widespread catastrophic disasters in their communities. Fellow citizens who give of themselves to backup emergency disaster response operations when overwhelmed and in need of help.
This post is all about supporting them.
'When we are all first responders.'
The systematic recruitment of local 'active' volunteers to prepare for a widespread natural disaster is crucial. What the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) calls a "whole community" response. The evacuation, search, rescue, and critical recovery phase of disaster relief operations is the most critical period to cover. Often before big government can get there.
'Who You Gonna Call—Community Volunteers'
These are disasters, after all. Where emergency response operations have far less to work with over much wider areas. When early on, first responders can be overwhelmed by the magnitude and severity of Mother Nature's wrath.
This is when, because of the sheer magnitude of the event and the volume of calls, overwhelmed front-line service providers can use help to effect rescues, deliver medicines, staff triage, and so forth.
‘When Rescuers Need Rescuing’
Widespread natural disasters are increasing in regularity and severity. It is of little surprise when rescuers need rescuing. Mother Nature gives no quarter to emergency services personnel over any other.
The good news. The willing and able no longer ask . . . why is this happening? But what can I do to help? Here are my resources . . . this is my skill set.
'Heat Dome, June/July 2021—Canada & USA'
The 1st of 2 severe climate induced weather events. Multi-day, natural disaster level heat shattered world records in Southern B.C. and the Pacific North West.
Disaster Response: Event overview and funding drive for overwhelmed citizen and professional first-responders aid. Small-dollar donations to purchase in-field search, rescue, and recovery signalling equipment.
Answering the call—Local Volunteerism in Action
'The first 72 (hours) are on you' is a common mantra for those aware—that citizens under siege should be prepared to be self-reliant early on.
This is an issue for world citizens to band together to help communities under siege. To assist local emergency services in operating as safely and effectively as humanly possible. To reduce suffering and loss of life as best they can with what human resources and equipment they have on hand or come to have. To volunteer.
The ‘Responder’s First’ initia...
A "Whole Community" Response
The weakness caused by evolving devastation cries out for emergency services to have contingencies in place. Such as an up-to-date go-to list of active volunteers to assist first responders where needed.
No truer than when emergency operations break down. When first-response evacuation, search, rescue, and critical response resources are overcome by the event they are tackling. Before government, institutional, and other relief can arrive from away.
'Atmospheric River, October 2021—Canada & USA
The second of two severe climate induced weather events. Multi-day, natural disaster level 'weather' shattered rainfall flood levels in Southern B.C. and the Pacific North West.
What meteorologists call an "Atmospheric River.”
Disaster Response: Event overview and funding drive for overwhelmed citizen and professional first-responders aid. Small-dollar donations to purchase in-field search, rescue, and recovery signalling equipment.
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About Us
Ascent’s, Alan Martlin, spent his first years out of university living in Aspen, CO USA . . . then Whistler, BC CANADA, recreating of course, as well as conducting a bit of business along the way :-) Wherein his nickname,...