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ARMED FORCES
EMERGENCY SERVICES
(AFES)

For our military troops worldwide, the American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Service provides an invaluable humanitarian, communication and service link.

Emergency Communication
Your American Red Cross is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week to provide Emergency Communication between service members and their families. In the event of a sickness, death or a new birth in a service member's family, the local American Red Cross is the first call the family needs to make. We verify the situation, relay the information, along with the request, if there is one, for emergency leave to the service member's command. Although we provide the necessary information to the service member's commanding officer, it is ultimately the commanding officer's decision whether or not to grant leave. It is important to note that American Red Cross verification can be a determining factor for Commanding Officers in their decision to grant emergency leave to a service member.

Health and Welfare Inquiries
Regular communication between service members and their families is ordinarily not a problem. But sometimes, a long time with no contact can become worrisome to a service member or his/her family. In this situation, the American Red Cross can use its worldwide communication network to verify all is okay. Just contact your local American Red Cross unit with your concern, and we will help. With American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services you are never out of touch, around the clock, around the world.

Before you call
When you call the Armed Forces Emergency Services, you will need as much of the following information as possible. It is advised that a service member's family keep as much of the data needed in a convenient place, such as an address book.

Services member's full name
Military rank
Social security number (very important)
Full mailing address
The full name of the person involved in the emergency
That person's relationship with the service member
The name, phone number and relationship of the person requesting the presence of the service member
The name of the attending doctor or funeral home location of the affected family member
A phone number to contact either the doctor or funeral home

Where to call

To contact the Armed Forces Emergency Services manager, in Sandusky County, please call 419-332-5574. After normal business hours, the answering service will take the message and relay it to an AFES volunteer.

Armed Forces Emergency Services
Introduction Training
Become a local volunteer and help pass important messages to and from our service members and their families. The local chapter is seeking volunteers
to help with this task. All you need is compassion; we will provide the rest.

If you would like more information, please contact the local chapter.

American Red Cross in Sandusky County
1245 Napoleon Street
Fremont, Ohio 43420
419.332-5574 / 419.332-5598 Fax
arcsandco@sbcglobal.net Email

American Red Cross in Seneca County
870 W Market
Tiffin, OH 44883
419.447-1424
http://redcrosssenecacounty.org/index.html

Last updated: 12/18/05