Right Church, Wrong Pew
A little late for this but someone’s on the right track.
FEMA to take over mass care role formerly held by Red Cross http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0308/030708kp1.htm
But it’s not like there’s a need to, you know, really be able to do it.
A recent report by the Government Accountability Office raises concerns about the new arrangement, however. While GAO supports FEMA’s role as the primary agency for providing mass care, it questions whether it has the staff and resources to do so adequately. Additionally, neither FEMA nor the Red Cross nor other volunteer organizations are sufficiently prepared to support the elderly or people with disabilities during a disaster, auditors found.
I downloaded the National Response Plan, from the National Response Framework website but blood is only mentioned as a confusing afterthought in one of the health annexes. There’s still no comprehensive plan for managing, moving, collecting, or replacing blood supplies. You can put all the surgical teams in place that you want, but without blood, they won’t be able to do much.
