Talk:Emergency Response Team

I think we already have some response teams - MedAir? We should collect them here to avoid duplication of effort. Also Marine Reach should have some expertease. --Kev-The-Hasty 09:45, 4 September 2007 (CEST)
 * There are some interesting sites that do Disaster relief: http://www.rescuenet.org.au/ a part of http://www.arms.org.au. http://www.ywamrelief.org.uk/ seem to be working in the UK as part of YWAM England. --Kev-The-Hasty 17:21, 4 September 2007 (CEST)

We're here.
I am glad to hear people thinking about emergency response within YWAM. I think we are an organization that is primed for such a challenge. Disasters are a global reality - they touch every culture, every continent, every age, every economic level and both genders. So does YWAM. We are everywhere; we (hopefully) understand the culture in which we minister. Add a few specific disaster-related skills and you have the potential for an amazing global response system. RescueNet is this system. It already exists and is growing all the time. We have operation headquarters in Australia, Europe and other nations are coming soon. We are a rapid-deployment disaster response team. We respond into global disasters with life-saving skills during the critical first few days and weeks following a disaster. We cover emergency medical, search and rescue, fire suppression, disaster psychology, childcare and more. We train YWAMers in these skills and also in conduct in a disaster response. RescueNet is an NGO registered with the United Nations. We have responded to international situations including 9/11, the Iraq war, Pakistan earthquake, Indonesian tsunami and others. Each year we hold training camps on multiple continents. Please visit our websites for more information. http://www.rescuenet.org.auorhttp://www.rescuenet.us


 * Hi Rescuedave, thanks for adding the above. Good comments. Could you write some articles up as in How to get involved with Rescue Net, give and overview of this type of Mercy work. etc. We need something more than advertising that we do it - more steps on how to put stuff into action.

WOW! I took a look at the website for Rescue Net and it is awesome! I am interested in getting involved and to see Asians trained up to meet the need of their own region! Please pray for the Rescue Net ministry! - Bob

*Rescue Net Australia will be having a training course coming up in Sydney from 28 July - 10 August 2008*