Service to Military Families

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Emergency Services Military Families

We provide 24 hour emergency assistance to meet needs of service members, their families, and military retirees. We also assist individuals and families with locating and/or obtaining other community resources.

Services include:

Emergency Communications between service members and their families.
Emergency financial assistance to meet emergency travel, and basic maintenance needs.
Health and welfare inquiries when regular communications are interrupted.
Information and referral to other community resources when Red Cross cannot meet someone's needs.

When calling the Red Cross to send an emergency message to a family member, please have the following information ready:

Service Member's Full Name
Rank/Rating
Branch of Service
Social Security Number
Military Address Where Deployed
Home Base Unit

For further information, please contact the
Military Services Coordinators:
E-Mail MilitaryService@FultonCountyRedCross.org
George Sessen 419-446-0041
Chapter Office: 419-335-4636 Fax: 419-335-4633

Emergency Financial Assistance
Access to financial assistance may also be provided when there is a demonstrated need for funds for emergency travel, burial assistance or urgent health and welfare needs such as food and shelter.

For emergency assistance, the Chapter has a 24 hour answering machine available. Please call one of the numbers listed for an after-hours caseworker. Please remember these numbers are for emergency calls only. For non-emergency calls please call during regular office hours.

In overseas deployment areas, American Red Cross mobile staff working directly with America's military provide access to emergency financial assistance services. On overseas military installations, military personnel can get help through on-base Red Cross stations.

Reserve, National Guard and Other Community Based Military Personnel Members of the U. S. Armed Forces don't have to be actively deployed to benefit from American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services. The Red Cross provides services to more than 1.5 million members of the Reserves and National Guard when they are living in their local communities and when they are mobilized. American Red Cross services are also available to members of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, Recruiters, U.S. Coast Guard, Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, retirees and to their families.

The American Red Cross wants members of the National Guard, Reserves and other community based military personnel to Get to Know Us Before You Need Us. All too often, members of the Reserves and National Guard don't know about available Red Cross services until they are mobilized. Knowing in advance that communication links, access to financial assistance and counseling will be available in an emergency brings peace of mind to the military and to the families from which they are separated. Similarly, knowing that Red Cross services are available to inactive service members and their family members provides a safety net in times of need.

Red Cross services for inactive and active members of the Reserves and National Guard include:

Emergency communication
Access to emergency financial assistance
Counseling
Veterans services
Information and referral provided by Armed Forces Emergency Services.

For help during inactive duty, members of the National Guard and Reserves and their families should contact their local Red Cross chapter. When on active duty, members of the Reserves and National Guard can get Red Cross help by contacting base/installation operators, local on-base Red Cross stations and Red Cross workers deployed with America's military in the field.

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