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About |  Impact 2022 |  Feeding the Hungry  |  Ending Homelessness  |  Emergency Disaster Services  |  Touching Lives  |  Financials  |  Did You Know?  |  The Fight for Good  |  PDF version


Emergency Disaster Services

No matter where disaster or emergencies strike, The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) are among the first to arrive on the scene and often the last to leave, serving survivors and first responders with: emergency food, beverages and snacks, shelter, financial assistance, case management, PPE, household goods, repair and rebuild assistance, donations management, and emotional and spiritual care.

As one of the largest disaster-relief organizations in the country, The Salvation Army is ready with immediate response and recovery plans unique to the community affected – plans forged from over 120 years of recovery efforts and learnings from across the world. In 2022, Southwest EDS:

•    Assisted 178,024 people, providing 397,511 meals, 396,260 beverages, 98,695 snacks, 45,239 clothing items, and much more.

•    Spent more than 50 days providing food, drinks, and donations management during the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire near Las Vegas, New Mexico, the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. 

•    Responded to wildfires near Flagstaff, Arizona, and Ruidoso, New Mexico.

•    Supported neighbors in need during major power outages in Bullhead City and Arizona City, Arizona.

•    Spent a month feeding and providing clean drinking water to the people and families of the Pueblo of Acoma, a Native American settlement in New Mexico that experienced a failure in its well system.

•    Provided shelter and relief for people facing bitter cold winter conditions and brutal summer heat.

•    With more than 7,000 centers of operation across the country, The Salvation Army is already serving in local communities to quickly respond to disasters and emergencies to meet basic needs and help with long-term recovery and rebuilding.