disaster aid
Help after catastrophe
Disaster aid is assistance provided to people and communities affected by catastrophic events—hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires.
It includes emergency supplies like food, water, and shelter, as well as longer-term recovery funding for rebuilding.
Governments, international organizations, and charities all provide disaster aid: FEMA coordinates federal disaster aid after major storms.
- medical aidProfessional health assistance
- food distributionAllocating provisions to recipients
- food aidEmergency sustenance for crises
- relief suppliesEmergency goods for victims
- supply dropAirborne cargo delivery
aid convoy · triage · clean water access · FEMA · evacuation · search and rescue · trauma counseling · debris removal · humanitarian corridor · mobile clinics · first responders · boots on the ground · sanitation facilities · vaccination campaigns · crisis management · housing assistance · emergency communication · refugee support
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- Aid termsfirst aid, band-aid, hearing aid, financial aid, foreign aid
- disaster reliefrelief efforts, relief supplies, relief organizations, emergency services, rescue operations
- emergency aidrelief funding, relief funds, emergency services, relief agencies, crisis response
- government spendinggovernment spending, federal budget, expenditures, allocations, military spending
- farm policyfarm policy, farm subsidies, crop insurance, farm loans, crop subsidies
disaster aiddisaster prevention
Stopping catastrophes before occurring
disaster preparedness · risk mitigation · disaster risk reduction · preparedness · mitigation
disaster aidexploitation
Selfish use of others
looting · price gouging · abandonment · neglect · victimization