Response 13
Response 13 : "Response activities follow an emergency or disaster. Generally, they are designed to provide emergency assistance for casualties (for example, search and rescue, emergency shelter, medical care, mass feeding). They also seek to reduce the probability of secondary damage (for example, shutting off contaminated water supply sources, cordoning off and patrolling looting-prone areas) and to speed recovery operations (for example, damage assessment)". (NGA, Comprehensive Emergency Management Governors Guide, 1979, p. 13)