Salvation Army Expands Relief Efforts In Anticipation Of Hurricane Rita

Salvation Army Expands Relief Efforts In Anticipation Of Hurricane Rita

"Kansas City EDS Teams on Stand-By to Respond to Hardest-Hit Areas

Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (Satern) Activated In Preparation

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Salvation Army is expanding
relief efforts in anticipation of Hurricane Rita.

The organization is deploying additional emergency disaster services
vehicles (canteens) and personnel throughout Texas and neighboring states to
assist in the Hurricane Rita response effort.

Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) crews are preparing to
serve as many as 560,000 hot meals per day at designated shelters and from
canteens dispatched to the hardest hit locations. Meanwhile, The Salvation Army of Kansas City is preparing to assist with Hurricane Rita relief efforts.

Three emergency disaster services vehicles (canteens) from the Kansas and
Western Missouri Division are on stand-by to depart from Kansas City after the
storm makes landfall. The canteens being called into service are currently
located in Hays, Independence and Kansas City, Kansas. Each will carry a three
person team.
In addition, The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) has
been activated in preparation for Rita's onslaught. This network of ham radio
operators is able to exchange information to assist people looking for family
members or friends in the aftermath of a disaster.

HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF CONTINUES
In the ongoing response to Hurricane Katrina, The Salvation Army, Kansas
and Western Missouri Division, is deploying 13 more personnel to offer
emotional and spiritual counseling"


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Bob N5IET

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there in the first place is out front of it all.