Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Relief/Humanitarian Assistance

The mission of the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Rescue
Ambulance, Inc. is to deliver the highest standards of emergency care to their
community. Bay Shore Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance (BSBRA) is a volunteer
non-profit organization that provides Emergency Medical Service to the
communities of Bay Shore, Brightwaters and West Bay Shore. In addition, BSBRA
provides EMS assistance to the residents of Fire Island via the Bay Shore Ferries
as well as mutual aid to  neighboring departments. Our district is 25 square miles and
has several points of interest including all major highways, Southside
Hospital, Bay Shore Schools and the Bay Shore Fire District. BSBRA is separate
from Bay Shore Fire Department and provides all medical care/ rehabilitation
care for all fire scenes. BSBRA responds to approximately 4,000 calls a year
for emergency medical assistance. Besides answering calls for emergency medical assistance,
BSBRA also provides “standby” EMS services for special events such as concerts,
sporting events, and other large gatherings of people. In 2009, Bay Shore-
Brightwaters was named “EMS Agency of the Year” from Suffolk County and NYS
Department of Health.

The Nassau County Office of Emergency Management
(OEM), through a revision of the Nassau County Charter in 2002 was duly
established to coordinate the County’s efforts during natural, technological,
and civil hazards that may affect our County.  OEM is responsible for the
mitigation, planning/preparedness, response, and recovery efforts associated
with such events.  Through many planning and preparedness initiatives, such
as our Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, the staff at OEM
remains vigilant in preparing local and our County’s government along with the
residents should a disaster occur. Utilizing our new state
of the art facility and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located in Bethpage,
Nassau County OEM is ready to serve the residents of this great County in its
time of need. 

NSEPC offers a website to help schools plan for and
respond to emergencies. The site supports and expands upon the emergency
response activities conducted by Nassau BOCES and its Nassau County partners:
Office of Emergency Management, Police Department, County Departments of Health
& Mental Health. The NSEPC project is funded through a United States
Department of Education grant for Emergency Response and Crisis Management
Planning in Schools.

It is the mission of the Emergency Medical Services
Division of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to provide the
leadership, support, education, and cooperation necessary to enable the
emergency medical services agencies serving our County to provide the best
emergency medical care possible, and to provide that leadership, support,
education, and cooperation in a lasting and professional partnership with the
dedicated men and women of the Suffolk County Emergency Medical Services
System.

Every year the division attempts to increase emergency
preparedness efforts, coordinated educational offerings with quality
improvement efforts, expanded educational opportunities, and continued to focus
on EMS system quality improvement in conjunction with the Regional Emergency
Medical Services Council (REMSCO).

The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation
(CIHC) was founded in 1992 to promote healing and peace in countries shattered
by natural disasters, armed conflicts, and ethnic violence. The Center employs
its resources and unique personal contacts to stimulate interest in
humanitarian issues and to promote innovative educational programs and training
models. Our extensive list of publications and regular symposia address both
the basic issues and the emerging challenges of humanitarian assistance.

The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation
offers several humanitarian training programs. These courses aim to prepare
humanitarian workers and members of international relief agencies to perform
more effectively while in conflict and post-conflict areas. Certain courses
focus on specific topics that can arise in a humanitarian context, such as
mental health issues, disaster management, and negotiation techniques, while
others are more far reaching in nature. The CIHC can design training courses to
suit any organization or geographical location and our academic teams teach
throughout the world.

Established in 2003, the National Center for Disaster
Preparedness at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health works to
understand and improve the nation's capacity to prepare for, respond to and
recover from disasters. NCDP has four focus areas: system readiness, disaster
recovery, citizen engagement, and vulnerable populations. NCDP carries out
research and policy analysis in these areas, and provides education, training and
technical support to public health workers, local and regional governments, and
public health, hospital, and community partners.

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental,
international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of
suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in
the world’s poorest countries.

Since its foundation in 1968, Concern
Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved
countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better
standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries
ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern
implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development
programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education.

Our mission is to help people living in extreme
poverty achieve major improvements in their lives that last and spread without
ongoing support from Concern.  Our
role is to ensure that people living in extreme poverty are able to meet their
basic needs, achieve their rights and manage their own development. We do so by
working with communities and by using our shared experience and knowledge to
address the root causes of extreme poverty. To achieve this mission we engage
in long-term development work, respond to emergency situations, and seek to
address the root causes of poverty. 

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first
responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and
improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover
from and mitigate all hazards. The Federal Emergency Management Agency
coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing,
mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic
disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror. In March 2003,
FEMA joined 22 other federal agencies, programs and offices in becoming the
Department of Homeland Security.

Good Dog’s mission is to elevate the stature and
promote society’s understanding of the therapeutic value of the human-animal
bond.  This is accomplished through the use of professionally-trained and
supervised volunteer teams who work to aid the healing process in humans and
enhance clients’ quality of life

Good Dog provides therapy dog services to people in
health care, social service, educational and community facilities in New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and at disaster sites around the
country.  Its highly-trained and fully-certified volunteer teams each
consist of a human handler and therapy dog.  Good Dog focuses on work in
the four divisions of Education, Health Care and Wellness, Research, and
Disaster Response.

Happy Hearts Fund is a
non-profit foundation dedicated to rebuilding schools and restoring hope and
opportunity in the lives of children after natural disasters. We work during
the period after emergency response is complete, implementing sustainable
practices to ensure a lasting impact. Globally, HHF is active in seven countries and has built/rebuilt 70 schools and kindergartens. Since inception our programs have
benefited more than 42,000 children
and 350,000 community members.

The National
Guard serves both state and federal governments. While the Guard originally
focused on protecting local communities, it eventually grew into a force that
complements the Active Duty Army when help is needed anywhere in the world. The
biggest difference compared to other branches is that while Guard units are
combat-trained and can be deployed overseas, they are just as likely to serve
in their home communities. During local emergencies, Guard units assist
residents endangered by storms, floods, fires and other disasters. Guard units
deployed overseas may experience combat. Others may use expertise gained in
civilian careers to build schools and hospitals, train local peacekeepers, or
teach local farmers how to use land more efficiently. 

The New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition (NYC
PDC) was founded in 2008 with Federal funding from the Department of Health and
Human Services in collaboration with NYC Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene (NYC DOHMH). The PDC was established to build a coalition of hospitals,
public health, municipal services and community groups to ensure effective use
of critical assets during and after a large scale disaster affecting children.
The PDC is comprised of experts in emergency preparedness, pediatric critical
care, surgery, emergency medicine, representatives from NYC DOHMH, NYC Office
of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). The
PDC’s primary goals are to develop guidelines for pediatric pre-hospital
management, hospital and inter-hospital transport of patients, and hospital-based
pediatric critical care surge plans that would increase NYC PCC bed surge
capacity. 

Established in 1996, the New York City Office of
Emergency Management (OEM) plans and prepares for emergencies, educates the
public about preparedness, coordinates emergency response and recovery, and
collects and disseminates emergency information. To accomplish this mission,
OEM maintains a disciplined unit of emergency management personnel, including
responders, planners, watch commanders, and administrative and support staff,
to identify and respond to various hazards.

For more than 50 years, the New York State Office of
Emergency Management and its predecessor agencies have been responsible for
coordinating the activities of all State agencies to protect New York's
communities, the State's economic well-being, and the environment from natural
and man-made disasters and emergencies. NYS OEM routinely assists local
governments, voluntary organizations, and private industry through a variety of
emergency management programs including hazard identification, loss prevention,
planning, training, operational response to emergencies, technical support, and
disaster recovery assistance.

UNICEF is the
world leader in providing humanitarian relief for children and their families. UNICEF was created after World War II to help
children living in war–ravaged areas. And though its work has grown
exponentially, UNICEF is still the leader when it comes to emergency and
disaster relief efforts for children. With more than 11,000 staff worldwide;
350 warehouses globally; strategic transit hubs in Copenhagen, Dubai, Panama
and Shanghai; and a 24/7 emergency operations center in New York, UNICEF stands
ready to provide both immediate and long-term necessities—food, water, shelter,
protection and physical as well as mental health care—whenever a crisis arises.
UNICEF also works to reunite children with family and provides care for those
who are orphaned.

AmeriCares is a non-profit emergency response and
global health organization. In times of epic disaster or daily struggle, we
deliver medical and humanitarian aid to people in need worldwide. We respond
to disasters, the ones you see and the ones you
don't. When an injured child is pulled from the rubble of a massive earthquake
or an expectant mom struggles without health insurance, we are there with aid
that restores health and saves lives. When
poverty, disease, or deadly conflict cause health crises, we deliver medicines, medical
supplies and humanitarian aid to a trusted network of clinics, hospitals and
health care providers around the world. We also create and support programs that increase capacity,
improve quality and provide more access to health care in the world’s poorest
countries and here in the U.S. Today, we are at work in more than 90
countries, whenever and wherever people are in crisis, we are
there—saving lives, restoring health and hope.

Every year, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF) provides emergency medical care to millions of people caught in crises in
more than 60 countries around the world. MSF provides assistance when
catastrophic events — such as armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, or natural disasters — overwhelm local health systems. MSF also assists people who face discrimination
or neglect from their local health systems or when populations are otherwise excluded from health care. On any given day, more than 22,000 doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other qualified professionals working with MSF can
be found providing medical care around the world.

MSF is a neutral and impartial humanitarian
organization that aims first and foremost to provide high-quality medical care
to the people who need it the most. It does not promote the agenda of any
country, political party, or religious faith, and, as such, endeavors to
communicate its history, background, and capabilities to all parties in a given
situation so that it may gain the necessary access to populations in need.

The
International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and
rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC
offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in
over 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities,
the IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling
to endure. The IRC leads the way from
harm to home.

When disaster strikes around the world, Save the
Children is there to save lives with food, medical care and education and
remains to help communities rebuild through long-term recovery programs. As
quickly and as effectively as Save the Children responds to tsunamis and civil
conflict, it works to resolve the ongoing struggles children face every day —
poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease — and replaces them with hope for the
future.

Save the Children is the leading independent
organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the
United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to
accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us into the heart
of communities, where we help children and families help themselves. We work
with other organizations, governments, non-profits and a variety of local
partners while maintaining our own independence without political agenda or
religious orientation.

The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency
fighting hunger worldwide. In emergencies, we get
food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict
and natural disasters. After the cause of an emergency has passed, we use
food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. WFP is part of the
United Nations system and is voluntarily funded. Born in 1961, WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every
man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active
and healthy life.

WFP's five objectives are: To save lives and protect livelihoods
in emergencies; To prepare for emergencies; To restore and rebuild lives after
emergencies; To reduce chronic hunger and undernutrition everywhere; and to
strengthen the capacity of countries to reduce hunger.