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Transportation Support

o Another significant vulnerability is in the area of transportation. Many citizens lack
transportation and/or the funds to secure transportation.

• Transportation recovery
• Re-purposing school buses for transportation
• Emergency boats (to assist with flooding victims)
• Medical/Flight teams
• Crowd-sourcing options to raise funds to support transportation
• Short/Long-term rental car agencies(e.g., Enterprise, Hertz, Turo, etc.)

Coordination and Resource Management

o While there are a myriad of potential support systems available for any given declared

disaster, a fundamental challenge is the management of community-wide resource
coordination. Community efforts should focus on marshaling cash donations.

Unfortunately, excessive physical donations require additional manpower, space and often

do not meet specific local community and family needs. Many well-meaning physical

donations can become useless because of the mismatch of the donation and the actual

needs of citizens. Opportunities exist in the following specific areas:
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