CAP's disaster services also supplies teams of relief workers who assist victims with physical labor involved in recovering from disasters.

Last fiscal year, 62 cents out of every dollar spent went to blood services compared with 13 cents for disaster services.

The topics covered include; energy, fire, search and rescue, hazardous materials, law enforcement, disaster medical services, mass care and human services, public health, and animal protection.

It became clear that a more unified approach to emergency and disaster medical services was needed.

With much less delay, FEMA also is helping state and local governments pay for disaster services like sanitation and police protection.

(Some counties are already connected for law enforcement and disaster services.)

"We are aware of the trauma people have experienced and their concerns," said Melvin Reeves, director of disaster services at the Red Cross.

The agency is "absolutely a success story," said John Clizbe, vice president of disaster services at the American Red Cross.

The Society provides disaster services programs and injury prevention services such as water safety and first aid training.

Utilizing the same categories employed by military medical and disaster medical services, business processes are categorized as: