Mass Care
The square footage allotted to 1 cot in an overnight shelter
What is 40sqft?
The most common disaster the Red Cross responds to
What is a home fire?
What is DRO?
It's a ledge! It's a precipice! No, it's the current CEO of the American Red Cross!
Who is Cliff Holtz?
Shortly after the US Civil War, the American Red Cross was founded in this year
What is 1881?
Formerly a Board Member, she now serves as the Mass Care Coordinator for Worcester & Franklin Counties
Who is Linda Russell?
This is what a hurricane is called in the Eastern Hemisphere
What is a typhoon?
The highest ranking Disaster employee within Massachusetts
What is the RDO (Regional Disaster Officer)?
The family whose name appears on this building
Who is the Remillard family?
Birthplace of Clara Barton, this Worcester County town still hosts a Museum
What is Oxford, MA?
Help (or close enough). This 4-digit code opens up the lockbox on our shelte rtrailers
What is 0901?
It's a pint! It's a growler! No, it's the coldest temperature ever recorded in Massachusetts!
It's -40 degrees!
It's not Desert Rock Airport - DRA in Red Cross lingo stands for something else
What is Disaster Response Area?
She serves as the Executive Director of Central and Western Massachusetts
Who is Nia Rennix?
It's coming up! The day Luca Calvani started as Community Disaster Program Manager for Worcester & Franklin Counties
What is May 25th, 2023?
Spiderman in control! This is the place where we now keep track of all shelters
What is WebEOC?
This apartment complex in Worcester has been the source of 2 Mass Care responses in the past year!
What is Washington Heights?
Vin Diesel would be proud! The last four digits of this unlock the lockbox on the MRV
What is a VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)?
It's a baby! The youngest person in this room
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The American Red Cross received its first ever Congressional Charter this year, which is also the year Hawaii became a US state
What is 1900?
If you build it, they will come. This organization currently supplies our teddy bears
What the Build-a-Bear Foundation?
It's infinitely fast! In a fire emergency, the National Fire Protection Association sets this as a standard Fire Department response time
What is 8 minutes?
What is Client Assistance Card?
The single most important person in the American Red Cross
You! Our Volunteers!
Shortly after the end of WWII, the Quabbin Reservoir was completed this year
What is 1946?