Military Disaster Relief Needs Recognition

The importance and role of military forces in natural disaster relief

Editorial

Partnering for disaster relief.

A ftcr the tragedies of September 11, the Public Relat ions Society of America (PRSA) asked its 20 ,000 members how public relations professionals could best help the country. Thousands responded, and their top recommendation was to help the Red Cross help Americans. "Recause the Red (joss is always at the center of disaster-relief efforts and public relations professionals often play essential...

Multicriteria Cost Assessment and Logistics Modeling for Military Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Aerial Delivery Operations

Energy Psychology in Disaster Relief

Energy psychology utilizes cognitive operations such as imaginal exposure to traumatic memories or visualization of optimal performance scenarios—combined with physical interventions derived from acupuncture, yoga, and related systems—for inducing psychological change. While a controversial approach, this combination purportedly brings about, with unusual speed and precision, therapeutic shifts...

Collaborative Environments for Disaster Relief

In a large-scale disaster relief mission, a variety of personnel and organizations with different expertise take part in the relief activities towards a common goal. Interactions between them are important to promote efficiency, and the relief activities, especially search and rescue (SAR) activities, are carried out in a short time period. Some Emergency Offices of City/State/Federal governmen...