The Service Tree lists all services in "branched" groups, starting with the very general and moving to the very specific. Click on the name of any group name to see the sub-groups available within it. Click on a service code to see its details and the providers who offer that service.
Disaster Response Services
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Programs that provide services, often through one or more intermediaries, which enable two or more parties to communicate in emergency situations where normal means of communication are unavailable. Included are individuals (such as amateur radio or CB operators) and organizations (such as Amateur Radio Emergency Service) that provide alternative communications channels following a major disaster or large-scale emergency that disrupts the normal functioning of a community.
Post Disaster Emergency Medical Care
Programs that provide immediate, short-term assistance for individuals who have been injured during a major disaster or large-scale emergency that disrupts the normal functioning of a community. Services may be provided at temporary facilities that have been established in or near the affected area or at sites where injured individuals have assembled and include on-site triage, rapid emergency care of life threatening conditions, sequential triage and timely evacuation of patients, when necessary.
Programs that mount emergency search and rescue operations which locate, extricate, and provide medical treatment for victims of structural collapse that occurs during a disaster. Specialized equipment includes concrete and steel cutting tools, breaking devices, portable generators, air compressors, power saws, drills, air bags, flood lights, ropes and other technical rescue items. Also available, as needed, are medical supplies, hazardous materials and radiation monitors, protective clothing, victim locating devices and search cameras.