Onno,
You might want to contact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Part of their program is sheltering. One of the practices they use is
mobile homes. They bring them to the disaster site and establish a staging
area and then disburse them to the victims. Their home page is FEMA.gov I
am not sure exactly were the information would be in their home page. The
other practice we use in Minnesota is to work with the Red Cross to provide
temporary shelters in Schools and Churches and hotels for victims of fires.
Another option we have after a disaster is to ask for National Guard
assistance. Problem with that assistance is the shelters are tents. Tents
aren't very comfortable.
Let me know how things turn out.
Good Luck.
David Gisch
Dakota County, Minnesota
Emergency Services
651-438-4703
651-438-4709 fax
-----Original Message-----
From: Onno Van Denzen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 08:55
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Subject: Question about temporary shelters: an market research
Dear Jiscmail Members,
I'm a student of the University of Twente from Holland and I'm doing some
market research on the topic temporary housing of victims of disasters and
refugees and IDP's for a Dutch Organisation. This because of the failure of
some nice designed temporary homes without knowing the market for this
product. There are of course many kind of shelter. From blue plastics,
sheets etc to prefab shelters.
I was wondering if there's someone who can give me some details, figures or
reports about the market for temporary housing of victims, refugees and
IDP's so I can answer sort of questions like these:
1. Which organisations buys (temporary) emergency shelters (name)?
2. Do these organisations specify the kind of temporary shelter, the
vendors, the productspecifications?
3. Which other parties got influence in the buying process?
4. What kind of emergency shelter do the buy and the volumes?
5. What are the minimal requirements?
6. What are important criteria for them and how important is every
criterion?
7. Which channels do they use to purchase it (local, international, etc)?
8 When do these organisations buy the different kind of temporary housing
9. What type of buydecision is it (new decision, rountine, semi-routine
10. How does the purchasement procurement look?
Hopefully you can help me with answering these questions or just give me
some other name or address of persons who know more about this topic or some
report, because without help my investigations could be very hard!
In advance many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Onno van Denzen
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