Disaster response Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Canada === In [[Canada]], [[GlobalMedic]] was established in 1998 as a non-sectarian humanitarian-aid NGO to provide [[Emergency management|disaster relief]] services to large scale catastrophes around the world.<ref name="Ottawa Sun-2006.11.05">Czekaj, Laura. "Ready for the World: Paramedics Train for International Disasters", ''[[Ottawa Sun]]'', 5 November 2006.</ref><ref name="GlobalMedic-about us">{{cite web | last=GlobalMedic | title=GlobalMedic Mission Statement | url=http://www.globalmedic.ca/about-us/ | work=GlobalMedic Website | publisher=GlobalMedic | access-date=17 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219225532/http://globalmedic.ca/about-us | archive-date=19 February 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine recognized the work of GlobalMedic in its 2010 [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] issue.<ref name="Time-2010.04.29">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984949_1985267,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502135457/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984949_1985267,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 May 2010 | title=The 2010 Time 100: Rahul Singh | date=29 April 2010 | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | first=Jean-Max | last=Bellerive | author-link=Jean-Max Bellerive}} </ref> It has a roster of over 1,000 volunteers from across Canada that includes professional rescuers, police officers, firefighters and [[paramedic]]s who donate their time to respond to international disasters. Their personnel are divided into Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) that operate rescue units, Water Purification Units (WPUs) designed to provide [[Drinking water|safe drinking water]]; and Emergency Medical Units (EMUs) that use inflatable [[field hospital]]s to provide [[Emergency medicine|emergency medical treatment]]. Since 2004, GlobalMedic teams have deployed to over 60 [[Humanitarian crisis|humanitarian disasters]] around the world. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page