Definitions for emergency shelter
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1. Emergency shelter

   An emergency shelter is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as natural or man-made disasters, domestic violence, or victims of sexual abuse. A more minor difference is that people staying in emergency shelters are more likely to stay all day, except for work, school, or errands, while homeless shelters usually expect people to stay elsewhere during the day, returning only to sleep or eat. Emergency shelters sometimes facilitate support groups, and/or provide meals. Post-disaster emergency shelter is often provided by organizations or governmental emergency management departments, in response to natural disasters, such as a flood or earthquake. They tend to use tents or other temporary structures, or buildings normally used for another purpose, such as a church or school. These settlements may be inhabited for the entire duration of the reconstruction process and should be thought of more as settlements than shelter, and need to be planned with respect to water / sanitation, livelihoods. A newer category of emergency shelter is the warming center. Warming centers typically open during particularly cold or rainy nights. They are available to persons who decline to accept homeless shelters, are not allowed to use homeless shelters, or are not homeless, but have inadequate or malfunctioning heat in their homes.

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1. Emergency shelter

   An emergency shelter is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as natural or man-made disasters, domestic violence, or victims of sexual abuse. A more minor difference is that people staying in emergency shelters are more likely to stay all day, except for work, school, or errands, while homeless shelters usually expect people to stay elsewhere during the day, returning only to sleep or eat. Emergency shelters sometimes facilitate support groups, and/or provide meals. Post-disaster emergency shelter is often provided by organisations like the Red Cross and Red Crescent, or governmental emergency management departments, in response to natural disasters, such as a flood or earthquake. They tend to use tents or other temporary structures, or buildings normally used for another purpose, such as a church or school. These settlements may be inhabited for the entire duration of the reconstruction process and should be thought of more as settlements than shelter, and need to be planned with respect to water / sanitation, livelihoods.

How to pronounce emergency shelter?

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of emergency shelter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of emergency shelter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of emergency shelter in a Sentence

1. Robert Beiser:

   Since the Covid pandemic, we've seen a significant increase in calls for emergency shelter, we're going to see the echoes of what Covid has done to make people more economically vulnerable, unfortunately for years to come, if we don't put the right policies in place to help people.

2. Mayor Craig Sanderson:

   We are working to arrange emergency shelter at the National Park, in buses, and at other locations, we are working with the County Emergency Management team, Arizona Department of Transportation, (Arizona Public Service) and the National Park Service with a priority on clearing roads.

3. Valerie Amos:

   I am heartened and encouraged by the generosity and solidarity shown to date, but I am also conscious of the urgent need to provide emergency shelter and basic goods and services to people affected as the monsoon season approaches. So many people have lost everything.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Shelter
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=emergency shelter