| Wherever you see disaster relief teams, you will also | | | | prevent overheating. |
| find canopies. These easily transportable shelters are | | | | A community kitchen and dining area may be set up |
| often seen in newscast as the early response teams | | | | in one of the shelters. Emergency food is flown in to |
| help victims of floods, mudslides, tornadoes and earth | | | | help meet dietary needs of those who have lost |
| quakes. They may be used to protect victims from | | | | everything. Emergency response teams work in the |
| the rain and elements as they eat and sleep. | | | | kitchen to prepare nutritious meals and to provide |
| During times of natural disaster, homes may become | | | | safe drinking water. |
| uninhabitable. Water or mud can fill the structure | | | | Medical facilities can also be set up in the protection |
| making it unsafe for residents to return until clean up | | | | the shelter offers. If hospitals are over crowded and |
| can occur. In addition, public buildings can also be | | | | all the beds are filled, emergency canopies are often |
| declared unsafe until further inspections can be | | | | set up in the parking lots where persons with less |
| performed. In these cases, a portable structure that | | | | serious injuries can be treated. Emergency generators |
| can be easily transported and quickly assembled is | | | | can be use to provide electricity for machinery |
| needed. | | | | needed including heating and air conditioning. |
| Many of the shelters have side walls made of screen | | | | Canopies will be found set up anytime there is a |
| netting that helps to protect the inhabitants from | | | | natural disaster. The nature of the disaster may not |
| mosquitoes and malaria. They may also offer solid | | | | matter, but the fact that there are response teams |
| walls that can be lowered to help offer protection | | | | making every effort to meet needs of victims does. |
| from blowing winds or rain. When not needed the | | | | These shelters serve as testimony of the concern of |
| walls can be rolled up to allow cooling breezes to | | | | human beings for one another. |