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American Red Cross

Curt Baker & Judy StahlAmerican Red Cross Volunteers

Service to the Armed Forces (SAF)

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Services• The American Red Cross is involved in

these service areas– Disaster Services – Health and Safety– Blood Services – Service to the Armed Forces

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Disaster Services

International National

Local

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Are you ready?Ventura County has the potential for many

natural and man-made disasters:

• House Fires and Wild Fires• Earthquakes• Mudslides• Flooding

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Three Actions

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Get a KitKits are available from the Red Cross

to help get you started

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Make a Plan

• Talk• Plan• Learn• Tell• Practice

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Be Informed

For more information:

www.arcventura.orgwww.redcross.org

www.fema.gov/areyouready

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Health & Welfare Services

• First Aid, CPR and Babysitting Classes– Local American Red Cross class

offeringswww.arcventura.org

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Blood Services• Give Blood

1-800-GIVELIFE (1-800-448-3543) to schedule. The American Red Cross Bloodmobile is in Ventura County on the third Friday of the month.

WWW.GIVELIFE.ORG

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Service to the Armed Forces

• Serving Military Families Worldwide– For more than 100 years

• Serving the Armed Forces– 24/7 365 days a year worldwide– Emergency Communications

• Verification for emergency leave– Confidential counseling– Emergency financial assistance– Briefings– Deployments and Homecomings

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Emergency Communications

Red Cross Emergency Communications provides objective, timely, confidential, factual, complete and verified reports on emergency situations – around the clock, every day

• Locate and notify military personnel of births, deaths and other family emergencies (fires, earthquakes)

• Verify emergency leave requests for service members to return home during times of family crisis

• Information and referrals for families in need

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What Should You Do• Fill out your personal information in “Getting To

Know Us Before You Need Us” brochure• Instruct your family to

place telephone card & your personal information in easy-to-remember place!

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Thank You !