Coast Guard watchstanders also conducted Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue ( AMVER ) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) callouts to identify and notify commercial vessels transiting in the vicinity of the distress.
This backstop would depend on their governments first seeking assistance from the euro-zone rescue funds, and then submitting to a formal, externally monitored reform programme.
As of this morning, FEMA has more than 400 personnel already on the ground supporting the response, including three national Urban Search and Rescue Teams, an Incident Management Assistance Team, as well as personnel focused on helping survivors register for and receive the federal assistance made available by the major disaster declaration signed by the President on Monday night.
Bush said the federal government's first priority is to rescue those still trapped and provide medical assistance.
Members of Veterinary Medical Assistance teams have given medical aid to search-and-rescue dogs.
The leaders of the international rescue operation insist that everyone received some assistance, and the feared secondary wave of deaths was averted.
The police said they were working closely with mountain rescue volunteers and other statutory emergency staff to provide assistance to people in difficulty due to the extreme weather.
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Rajiv Shah, director for the U.S. Agency for International Development, said Friday the organization's Disaster Assistance Response Team team in Haiti was using satellite imagery to target rescue operations and aid delivery most effectively.
Fadel, who works for the International Rescue Committee, managed a UNICEF-funded program that provides humanitarian assistance to vulnerable children and youths in southern Iraq.
And July 4 is the biggest single day for emergency roadside assistance calls: AAA says it will likely rescue 520, 000 stranded motorists during the holiday weekend.
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