Emergency (Page 71)

When Red Cross was alerted that help was needed with the northern Alberta wildfires, it responded by first calling in local teams. As the magnitude of the disaster became apparent, Red Cross quickly pulled in people from its vast resource of volu...

This photo was taken earlier this week at the Healthcare in Danger Symposium in London. The meeting was the first of its kind to bring policymakers, academics, medics and civil society together to focus on the global problem of violent threats to...

The American Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced that it’s challenging tech-geeks to invent a new robot to help respond during emergencies. To sweeten the deal, the designer of the winning robot will receive a whoppin...

[slideshow] For today’s Photo of the Day, I’m sharing a slideshow to introduce you to the newest batch of Canadian Red Cross delegates. Delegates are highly trained professionals who are deployed internationally on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross...

This week, the Canadian Red Cross is holding an intensive training course for specialists who have been recently been accepted for work as international aid workers for the Red Cross. The training, called IMPACT -- short for International Mobilizatio...

Communities in Sri Lanka were on tsunami alert yesterday after an earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia. Local Red Cross disaster response teams and volunteers helped evacuate coastal communities. The Red Cross has invested over $1.3 milli...

*Red Cross Tech Talk looks at different technology or social media tools that pertain to the work we do at the Red Cross. Have an idea? Please let us know!A handheld flashlight that can sterilize wounds in disaster zones by shooting plasma? This migh...