"In a large-scale evacuation, families may become unwillingly separated due to urgency of the evacuation, loss of communication systems, and/or the method and type of evacuation assistance made available. To assist displaced disaster victims reconnect with family members and locate missing children, FEMA has established the National Emergency Family Registry Locator System and the National Emergency Child Locator Center. Families and friends will be able to call an 800 number or go to the internet to send or receive messages for selected friends or family members including those in medical facilities. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and FEMA have partnered to facilitate the search and the reunification of missing children due to a disaster or evacuation. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2006 by FEMA, the Department of Justice, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the American Red Cross to further develop and implement methods for quickly identifying and reunifying missing and separated children and family members following a disaster". (FEMA, Statement of Glenn Cannon, December 4, 2007, p. 7; See also: FEMA, National Emergency Family Registry System and Child Locator Center Activated for California Fires, October 23, 2007)