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June 13, 2008

Red Cross to simulate disaster's aftermath

After the disaster –– be it hurricane, attack or a spreading illness –– what happens next? Where do you go? What do you eat? How do you know where your friends and family are?

As we get into hurricane season, the Red Cross Rhode Island Chapter’s shelter team is working out the details tomorrow between 9 a.m. and noon at a shelter simulation at Governor DelSesto Middle School at 152 Springfield St. in Providence.

“There’s nothing more important than ensuring that our residents are safe in the event of an emergency,” Peter Gaynor, who heads Providence’s emergency management and disaster planning, said in a statement.

Members of the community will play the roles of evacuees in need of shelter and members of the shelter team will fulfill the duties they would in the case of a real disaster: registering people; providing food, mental health services and more.

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