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Services and Programs
AmericasRelief Team conducts multiple programs and initiatives as advocates, coordinators, and facilitators in the planning and implementation for the effective distribution of disaster relief to victims of humanitarian crises in the Americas.
Current Projects
 
PROVIDE EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION
Collaborate for Effective Distribution
of Relief Aid to the Americas
Provide collaborative response mecha-nisms when disasters occur & facilitate and coordinate relief aid logistics for the members and others
 

  • Arrange for the delivery of disaster relief.
  • Respond to requests from members, Florida Governor, and others to provide assistance to help the Americas recover from the devastation created by natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
  • Manage the response of members in a coordinated, cost-effective, and rapid manner.
  • Recommend contingency plans for members and countries in the Americas.
 
 
ADVOCATE FOR EFFICIENT
PROTOCOLS
Collaborate for Effective Emergency Management Logistics Programs, and Development of Comprehensive National Disaster Plans
Advocate for efficient logistics integra-tion, and provide advice on state-of-the-art logistics techniques and effective emergency relief protocols. And provide guidance for implementation of effective supply chain management.
 
  • Engage national disaster managers in the Americas to participate in the creation of effective plans help formalize effective emergency management programs, utilizing CPFR strategic planning.
  • Formalize a Joint Strategy Committee on response to disasters for best practices on management, supply chain planning, and execution process.
  • Advance collaborative discussions with NGOs to enhance humanitarian response throughout the Americas.
  • Cultivate collaborative dialogue with NGOs working in Latin America to develop shipping & distribution protocols for non-perishable and medical relief supplies.
  
 
CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL
INITIATIVES
Conduct Relief Aid
Educational Programs
Encourage and conduct educational pro-grams on effective processing, distri-bution, logistics, and capacity building.
 
  • Participate in conferences and forums, which deal with disaster preparedness, planning, and distribution.
  • Provide material for articles and write articles for the media, such as "Working to ensure quick delivery of relief sup-plies," published in 2005.
  • Sponsor workshops, information for-ums, and presentations to help national disaster planners in the Americas.
  • Collaborate with the Center for International Disaster, the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), and others to share information and prepare relief strategies.
 
 
GUIDE NATIONAL
PLANS
Coordinate & Participate in Programs to Improve the Lives of Individuals by Positively Changing Community Conditions
Within our core strengths, support broad range planning & implementation, and assist in the assessing and surveying of needs and damage, to help guide the effective channeling of emergency relief to the most affected areas of target countries.
 
  • Move forward programs to address complex challenges in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people. Collaborate with the private and academic sectors to mobilize expertise, technology and resources.
  • Move forward discussions with the haitian Resource Development Found-ation to help establish a National Disaster Management Logistics sys-tem for Haiti.
 
Florida 's Governor Jeb Bush with members of AmericasRelief Team
 
Eric Williams speaks to Hon. Phillip J. Allicock, Consul General of Jamaica
 
Marti Hernandez,
AmericasRelief Team Logistics Coordinator with Hon. Allicock
Julieta N. Valls representing
FAVACA and AmericasRelief Team
at the meeting
Emergency Relief Logistics and Distribution
AmericasRelief Team's Objectives
  • Help reduce deaths occurring in the wake of disasters and alleviate the physical suffering experienced by those affected by disasters
  • Allow aid organizations and agencies to participate to the full extent of their capabilities - in a coordinated way with other organizations and agencies involved
  

 
One Goal: Reduce Human Suffering
  
One Phone Number
  
Strategies
 

Focused Functionality
Only for disaster relief preparedness, response & recovery
Rapid & Relevant
Quickly move the right material to the right place
Coordinated
Participants have 100% visibility, 100% of the time
Unbreakable
Continuous operation in disaster-stricken areas
Secure
Authorized certification access only
Key Logistics Functions
 
Assess disaster situation & response
 
Deploy relief to effective sites unit
 
         
 
Locate equipment, supplies & personnel
 
Schedule movements to disaster location
 
         
 
Assess disaster situation & response
 
Track material & personnel movements
 
         
 
Receive material at disaster site
 
Manage material at disaster location
 
         
 
Sustain on-site capabilities
 
Provide post-op performance analysis
 
         
Disaster Preparedness
 
  • Community Risk Mapping
  • Information Sharing
  • Building in Participation
  • Creating the Local Emergency Plan
  • Simulation Exercises
  • Mobilization at the local level
  • Communications
Emergency Relief Logistics Functions
 
1.
Assess Disaster Situation & Response
 §    Command reviews and modifies the schedules of equipment, supplies, rations and personnel
§    Scales by population impacted and area affected
§    Estimate duration of disaster relief effort
 
2.
Deploy First On-site Unit
§    Command center maintains ready-to-go mobile command unit
§    Equipped with additional disaster-specific items
§    Arrange rapid dispatch
§    Can be by military or commercial carrier, or both
§    Specific disaster scenario data
 
 
3.
Locate Material & Personnel

§    Interface and interoperate with existing materiel & personnel systems
§    .or maintain discrete database for disaster relief purposes only
§    .or a hybrid of these
§    Create complete manifest of all items & personnel required for disaster relief period
§    Identify all items by current location and target destination
 
4.
Schedule Movements

§    Schedule movements based on best of all available options
§    Disaster relief personnel can override
§    Combines military and commercial carriers
§    Determine optimal loads by location & mode
§    Schedule multi-point and multi-mode movements
§    Consolidate shipments where possible
§    Create customs pre-clearances
§    §    Track costs for invoice payment
 
 
5.
Track Movements

§    Maintain complete inventory of containerized movements and non-containerized items / personnel
§    Track dispatch and expected arrival at disaster site
§    Advise on deployed container contents and estimated arrival date/time
§    Maintain customs awareness
§    Raise alerts on late arrivals and schedule changes
 
6.
Receive Material On-site

§    Simplify receiving capability
§    Confirm material into local inventory
§    Update inventory and schedule local usage
§    Raise alerts on missing/damages items for replacement
§    Enable immediate deployment of material
 
 
7.
Manage Material On-site

§    Provide deployed disaster relief teams with complete equipment & supplies manage-ment capabilities
§    Assist with distribution of equipment, rations & supplies in disaster area
§    Maintain record of current location & utilization status for equipment and other items
§   Include local transportation & distribution management capability
 
8.
Sustain On-site Capability

 §    Provide deployed teams with the ability to:
1) Re-order supplies
2)Arrange for replacement or additional equipment
3)Arrange for personnel changes
§    Assist with temporary relocation of relief team if required
§    Synchronize with regional disaster relief team
 
 
9.
Recover & Return

 §    Track all equipment, supplies and personnel assigned to the disaster relief effort
§    Arrange for collection and return of reusable equipment and items
§    Combine military and commer-cial carriers
§    Determine optimal loads by location & mode
§    Schedule multi-point and multi-mode movements
§    Obtain customs pre-clearances
§    Track costs for invoice payment
 
10.
Measure and Analyze Performance

§    Maintain key performance indicators for:
1) Time to respond