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100 Words Every Disaster Volunteer Should Know

July 27, 2026

100 Words Every Disaster Volunteer Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. access ability to enter or reach
2. advisory official guidance notice
3. aftershock smaller quake after main one
4. airlift transport by aircraft
5. alert warning of danger
6. all-clear signal danger has passed
7. ambulance vehicle for medical transport
8. assessment careful evaluation of needs
9. bandage strip used to cover wounds
10. battery stored electric power source
11. blanket warm covering for sleeping
12. bleeding loss of blood
13. briefing short information session
14. broadcast message sent widely
15. buddy assigned partner for safety
16. burn injury from heat or chemicals
17. casualty person injured or killed
18. check-in reporting your arrival
19. checkpoint place for inspection or control
20. clearance removal of debris or blockage
21. collapse sudden falling down
22. contamination making something unsafe or dirty
23. convoy group of vehicles traveling together
24. coordination organized working together
25. damage physical harm or destruction
26. debris scattered broken remains
27. dehydration dangerous lack of body water
28. deployment sending workers to an area
29. detour alternate route around closure
30. displacement forced movement from home
31. distribution giving out supplies
32. donation gift given to help
33. earthquake sudden ground shaking
34. emergency serious sudden dangerous situation
35. evacuation moving people from danger
36. evacuee person moved from danger
37. exposure contact with harmful conditions
38. first aid basic immediate medical help
39. flashlight portable electric light
40. flooding overflow of water onto land
41. food things people eat
42. fracture broken bone
43. fuel material burned for energy
44. generator machine producing electricity
45. grief deep sorrow after loss
46. hazard source of possible harm
47. heatstroke dangerous overheating of body
48. hotspot area of intense activity
49. hurricane powerful tropical storm
50. hygiene clean habits preventing illness
51. hypothermia dangerously low body temperature
52. infection harmful invasion by germs
53. injury physical harm to a person
54. isolation separating infected people
55. landslide mass of earth sliding down
56. latrine simple toilet facility
57. leader person directing others
58. leak unintended escape of substance
59. logistics movement and supply planning
60. medicine drug used to treat illness
61. morgue place for dead bodies
62. mosquito biting insect spreading disease
63. outage loss of power or service
64. perimeter outer boundary of area
65. preparedness readiness for emergencies
66. pulse heartbeat felt in an artery
67. quarantine separating exposed people
68. ration fixed share of food
69. refugee person fleeing danger
70. registration official recording of people
71. relief aid after a disaster
72. rescue saving people from danger
73. reunification bringing separated families together
74. roadblock barrier stopping road travel
75. rubble broken stone and building pieces
76. sanitation safe waste and hygiene systems
77. search looking carefully for someone
78. shelter safe temporary housing
79. shock dangerous body response to trauma
80. stockpile stored reserve of supplies
81. stretcher device for carrying injured
82. supplies needed materials and goods
83. survivor person who lived through disaster
84. tarpaulin heavy waterproof covering sheet
85. team group working together
86. tornado violent rotating windstorm
87. toxin poisonous substance
88. trauma serious physical or emotional shock
89. triage sorting by urgency of care
90. tsunami huge sea wave from quake
91. update latest new information
92. volunteer person offering help freely
93. vulnerable easily harmed or at risk
94. warehouse building for stored goods
95. warning notice of possible danger
96. watch conditions favor danger
97. water essential drinking liquid
98. wildfire large uncontrolled fire
99. wreckage damaged remains of something
100. zone defined area or section

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