Japanese Red Cross Disaster Response

[heleentje]

Search terms used: Mostly I've been reading the actual website of the Japanese Red Cross, but I can't seem to find the kind of detail I need

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[calenture]

The SDF is specifically trained for disaster relief, so I believe they'd be the first ones called in.

[heleentje]

That makes sense, thanks! Do you know if there's a part of the Red Cross that would be called in before the rest? I know we have a kind of rapid response team that should be on location within 30 minutes of an emergency occuring, and I was wondering if there was an equivalent in place in Japan.

[sandwichwarrior]

Not quite analogous (not red cross, and not japanese) but I worked Air Search and Rescue for close to 10 years and took part in the initial response wave for both the Boxing Day Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina

[heleentje]

Wow, thank you, that's a lot of stuff I didn't know about! I usually deal with preventative first aid on festivals and such, not first aid in emergency situations, so while I'm theoretically trained to react, I don't have the practical knowledge