Disaster Aid Distribution Activities

Images depict volunteers and community members distributing water, ice, and supplies in response to natural disasters, highlighting teamwork and relief efforts.

Mobile Hospital Red Cross clean up kits. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
Mobile Hospital Red Cross clean up kits. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 23, 2011 Alexis Sanders loads sandbags on the back of a flatbed trailer at the Sertoma Sports Complex. Residents are sandbagging along the Souris River to try to prevent flooding. FEMA is working closely with federal, state, local and tribal partners in the ongoing flood fight. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Town hall meeting in Ascension Parish on Saturday, August 20, 2016.. Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Enterprise, AL, March 3, 2007 Local volunteers have brought in water, ice and food to the Enterprise High School. Volunteers are an invaluable component in the response to disasters. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2012 Local residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy get water and meals ready to eat from National Guard troops at a Point of Distribution on Roackway Point Boulevard. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Box and bags of recycling on driveway by car
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Clendenin Distribution Line. West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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011090412 After Hurricane Issac the Red Cross helps. Louisiana Hurricane Isaac. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 16, 2012 A National Veterinary Response Team from the Department of Health & Human Services was giving medical help to survivor pets in front of the St. Francis De Sales School located in Rockaway, NY. They provided free medical services and food to help survivor pets during Hurricane Sandy recovery. Eliud Echevarria/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Local Donation Center.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Dike, Iowa, July 3, 2008 Living kits containing bedding, linens, kitchenwares and cleaning supplies are provided for all of the mobile home units. Bottled water and prepackaged meals are also stored at the FEMA staging area and will be unpacked and ready for the families when they move into the mobile homes.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Minnesota flooding DR1717.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Severe Storms/Flooding, Fargo, ND, 04/15/1997 Newly filled sandbags are moved around by truck to a levee that's being raised. The entire community is working with volunteers to protect neighborhoods from the rising waters of the Red River of the North. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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USA, Oregon, Portland. Aluminum cans in bin returned for deposit at grocery store.
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Islip, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2012 Food stacked up in auditorium of the Islip Town Hall awaiting distribution to survivors of Hurricane Sandy. FEMA is working with various partners, including federal, state, local and tribal governments, voluntary faith-based and community-based organizations, along with the private sector, to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy.Photo b Ed Edahl/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Avon, N. C. , September 3, 2011 Volunteers from the N. C. Baptist Men sort and stack bags of clean laundry for surviors still without power on the Outer Banks. Volunteer groups are a huge part of the recovery effort. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt. Connecticut Tropical Storm Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Tornado - West Liberty, Ky. , March 12, 2012 Volunteers with the Southern Baptist Convention set up a field kitchen to serve hot meals to survivors of the March 2nd tornado. Volunteer agencies are a huge part of the recovery process. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Cedar Rapids, IA, June 18, 2008 One of FEMA's Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers opened today at Praerie High School. The cases of water bottles were provided by the Iowa National Guard, and are intended for residents who's homes were damaged by last weeks flood.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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A couple throwing newspaper bundles into a bin to be recycled at the Santa Monica Community Center, CA
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011070311 Minot, ND floods. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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011111808 Volunteer Disaster relief. Texas Hurricane Ike. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Supplies - 26-HK-269-5. Hurricane Katrina
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Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland
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Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Cedar Rapids, IA, June 19, 2008 Volunteers with "Save the City," an inter-denominational organization representing 11,000 people of faith in Linn County, helped the Red Cross distribute water and cleaning supplies to residents eager to make their homes livable again after last week's record flood. Area businesses donated and delivered the supplies to a distribution station across the street from a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Compliance Branch Chief Susan Herzog-Blumer and Environmental Protection Specialist Mike Reistad, both with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division, show some reused items April 29, 2022, from the Fort McCoy the Reuse-It Store of building 207 during the posts Earth Day cleanup event on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis. A large number of items from the store were reused while dozens of Fort McCoy community members spent four hours cleaning up the installation as part of an Earth Day effort. The Earth Day event as well as the use of the items was organized by Fort McCoy DPW personnel.
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Hurricane Katrina
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Sheltered after ice storm hits Missouri.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 24, 2011 Red Cross shelter in an auditorium that is housing flood evacuees. Burleigh and Ward counties were designated a federal disaster area, opening the way for federal disaster assistance from FEMA. Andrea Booher/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Flooding - Memphis , Tenn. , May 10, 2011 Volunteers Joyce Hawkins and Bobbie McClanahan sort donated essential items at Mississippi Blvd Christian Church. These will be distributed to victims of the Mississippi River flooding. Marilee Caliendo/FEMA. Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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An African-American Mother and son at Tree Planting at Calvert Elementary School in Woodland Hills. Los Angeles Conservation Corps works with local community groups to plant trees as part of Mayors office One Million Trees LA Initiative.
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Sanibel, FL, USA--November 2, 2022--F.I.S.H. of SanCap-Neighbors Helping Neighbors volunteer Maria Espinoza, hands out ice to local residents and workers on Sanibel Island.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
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Volunteers for HORT, the Horticulture Society, plant flowers in the permanent container on a New York City street to beautify the neighborhood and bring joy to the people in the community.
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, besucht ein Lager des UN World Food Programme in Dubai im Rahmen des COP28 besuchs in Dubai, 10.12.2023
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Compliance Branch Chief Susan Herzog-Blumer and Environmental Protection Specialist Mike Reistad, both with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division, show some reused items April 29, 2022, from the Fort McCoy the Reuse-It Store of building 207 during the posts Earth Day cleanup event on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis. A large number of items from the store were reused while dozens of Fort McCoy community members spent four hours cleaning up the installation as part of an Earth Day effort. The Earth Day event as well as the use of the items was organized by Fort McCoy DPW personnel.
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Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, LA, September 3, 2008 Hundreds of large sand bags line the highway waiting for Army Helicopters to carry to a broken levee in Plaquemines Parish. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 4, 2005 -- "Life of a D-MAT Member" TX-4 at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.
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011091408 Food distribution centers.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Tornado - Tuscaloosa, Ala. , June 9, 2011 The Japanese International Cooperation Agency made a donation of several pallets of blankets to representatives from several faith-based and volunteer organizations. The donation came in the wake of the April tornados that hit the southeast. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Hurricane Katrina
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FEMA supports New Jersey food drive. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Flooding - Valley City, N. D. , April 14, 2009 North Dakota National Guard, William Bercier helps to protect homes along the Sheyenne River by running a 125 gal/min. pump. The river is expected to crest Thursday at a historical level of 22 feet. The old record is 19 feet. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-294-41. Hurricane Katrina
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Tornado - Hackleburg, Ala. , May 11, 2011 A volunteer loads a tornado survivors car with cleaning supplies. This volunteer used the Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) to find out where survivors were in need. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Neptune, N. J. , Dec. 15, 2011 FEMA's Eugene Lee helps to load toys that were collected by FEMA staff for the Neptune Township Police Department's annual Toys for Tots campaign to benefit needy families in the greater Neptune community. New Jersey Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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011091708 FOOD DISTRIBUTION.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Incoming relief supplies in a disaster area
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Home chemical and recycling center, Cardboard and Paper dumpsters, Palm Beach, Florida.
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011072708 Hurricane Dolly.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Office of Air and Radiation - EPA Bike Room , Environmental Protection Agency
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In the parking lot of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a member of Goodwill Industries loads used household material for recycling. During the two-day event, employees dropped off items as part of America Recycles Day. The center partnered with Goodwill Industries and several other local organizations to collect items for reprocessing. The annual event is a program of Keep America Beautiful, dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling.
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Scouts Make a Contribution to the Recovery Effort. Connecticut Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Rockaway, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2012 Marcus Cheatum, Mansfield Oil, pumps gas into a container from a tanker for local resident Jessica Tubridy. Local residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy have been waiting in lines to get gas due to power outages caused by the storm. FEMA is working with many partners including federal, state, local and tribal governments, voluntary, faith-based and community-based organizations, and the private sector to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Rockaway, NY, Nov. 9, 2012--Marcus Cheatum from Atlanta, Georgia and with Mansfield Oil, pumps gas into a container from a tanker for local resident Jessica Tubridy. Local residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy have been waiting in lines to get gas due to power outages caused by the storm.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Sally Scalera, urban horticulture agent and master gardener coordinator from the University of Floridas Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Brevard Extension Office, shows Kennedy Space Center employees some sustainable yard products available during her presentation on tips and tricks for a healthy yard and garden on April 24, 2019. Held inside the Florida spaceports Space Station Processing Facility Conference Center, Scalera also provided information on Florida-friendly landscaping practices. The lunch and learn was available for employees to attend as part of Kennedys Earth Day events.
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Wildfire - Mannford, Okla. , Aug. 28, 2012 Communities come together in times of need as evidenced by the abundance of donated clothing following the Creek County Aug. 3-14 wildfire. When the capabilities to recover from a disaster is beyond the local and state's resources, a major declaration is declared opening the way for FEMA assistance. Patricia Brach/FEMA. Oklahoma Freedom Wildfire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Health Department held a well-attended block party, which offered healthy living advice, vaccines, health screening, and devices such as smoke detectors and gun locks. A recycling bin was displayed, showing the types of items that can be recycled
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Hurricane Katrina
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Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Port Orange, FL, February 26, 2007 FEMA mitigation specialist Steven Bailey (blue shirt) describes the building techniques used to construct this mitigation model to a local resident. FEMA promotes rebuilding damaged homes and building new homes in ways that resist damaging winds. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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A selection of emergency meals, portable lights, paper towels, batteries, bottled water and other hurricane preparedness supplies on display at the Tyndall Air Force Base BX in Florida.
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Mayflower, AR, May 16, 2014 - Arkansas Rice Depot personnel and volunteers distribute food and supplies to disaster survivors at the House of Refuge and Deliverance on Highway 365 in Mayflower, AR following a tornado on April 27 that impacted much of the Mayflower community. FEMA supports Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) as they help survivors recover from natural disasters. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials