Each year  the American Red Cross responds immediately to more than 60,000 disasters. Disasters include hurricanes, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, transportation accidents, explosives, and other man-made disasters.

• Every day, Red Cross chapters work with their community partners to help the public anticipate, survive, prevent and recover from disasters. The Red Cross provides practical and helpful awareness and educational information that shows the public how to save lives, reduce injuries and protect their homes from disaster.
• Red Cross relief focuses on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster-caused needs.
• When a disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food and clothing to address basic human needs.

All Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people.

In order to help people prevent and prepare for disasters and emergencies, the National Capital Chapter of the American Red Cross provides FREE Community Disaster Education (CDE) presentations to schools and organizations throughout the Greater Washington Region. Topics include winter safety, hurricane and tornado safety, as well as thunderstorm and fire safety.

Call George Pack, 703-584-8418 to find out more information about Red Cross CDE presentations and/or how to become a CDE volunteer presenter.