The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), a non profit that organizes logistics related-resources for disaster relief, has issued an update today that it is currently working with its non-profit partners to assess needs regarding donated logistics services and equipment.
In a message to press, ALAN explained it is being told that local relief organizations have the supplies they require in the short term, because nearby communities have been incredibly generous. These organizations are already being logistically challenged by the outpouring of donations, ALAN noted, all of which needed to be sorted, categorized and organized to get them ready for distribution.
Most of these organizations have little to no experience running that kind of ad-hoc warehousing and transportation operation—especially under such dire circumstances, ALAN added, so it has been busy providing these organizations with just-in-time guidance. To help coordinate information, ALAN will be hosting a California fires logistics call on Monday at 3:30 Eastern time for non-profit organizations. (ALAN said all non-profits are welcome, and provided this link.)
ALAN also is gathering and sharing key information about how the fires are affecting logistics infrastructure and resources, including information on road closures, power outages, curfews, and more. (Visit ALAN’s Disaster Microsite at (https://www.alanaid.org/operations/_ and its Supply Chain Intelligence Center at https://www.alanaid.org/resources/ for details.) These free resources exist to help non-profits and businesses make better-informed decisions about how to keep essential supplies like food and water moving into disaster-affected areas.
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