Short term responses Flashcards
Hotel shelter was provided for how many people who were made homeless?
10,000 people and 40,000 tents were given out. Some train carriages were used as shelters and the Prime Minister offered some of his homes for temporary shelters.
Within 1 hour, the Italian red cross were searching for survivors using sniffer dog units with how many ambulances and what hospitals?
36 ambulances and temporary hospitals.
What was distributed?
Water, hot meals, tents and blankets.
The British red cross raised how much to support?
£171,000
What were suspended?
Mortgages and bills for sky TV, gas and electricity.
What did the Italian post office offer?
Free mobile calls, raised donations and gave free delivery for products sold by small businesses.
L’Aquila was declared a state of emergency which did what?
Speed up the international aid to the area.
How much did the EU grant from its Solidarity fund to begin rebuilding?
US$552.9 million
The disaster emergency committee didn’t provide aid because of what?
Because they saw Italy as a more developed country.
