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What is disaster relief?

Emergency and Disaster Operations

Emergency operations and emergency preparedness is a set of doctrines intended to prepare societies to cope with natural or man-made disasters. Disaster relief is the subset of these doctrines that is concerned with recovery efforts.

Often a government policy adapted from civil defense operations and disaster relief efforts in the United States and around the world is initiated or supplemented by nonprofit organizations to attend to the humanitarian needs of disaster victims.

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