Wattstown, Wales: a rescue brigade of the coal mine, with breathing equipment and a training dummy. Photograph by A. Davies, 1914.

Making a world of difference : ready for emergencies ; a helping hand ; humanity in action / British Red Cross.

Same strength killed 140,000 people. Our work in Bangladesh is as crucial as ever...

Autumn 2008 humanity appeal : treat as urgent / British Red Cross.

If you want to make a real difference today, please give £5 to the Red Cross : dear friend, / British Red Cross.

Rescue of people from buildings damaged by explosion in civil defence. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response / Sphere Project ; editor, Isobel McConnan.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colour ; sheet 57.5 x 81 cm.

Transport of injured people in civil defence: use of stretchers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 53.4 x 77 cm

China during the Cultural Revolution: women pilots about to take aid to a disaster area. Colour lithograph after Tian Kesheng, 1975.

251 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm

World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / editor, Jonathan Walter.

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Disaster relief

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If you want to make a real difference today, please give £5 to the Red Cross : dear friend, / British Red Cross.

Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response / Sphere Project ; editor, Isobel McConnan.

Transport of injured people in civil defence: use of stretchers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

China during the Cultural Revolution: women pilots about to take aid to a disaster area. Colour lithograph after Tian Kesheng, 1975.

World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / editor, Jonathan Walter.

Disaster relief

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If you want to make a real difference today, please give £5 to the Red Cross : dear friend, / British Red Cross.

Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response / Sphere Project ; editor, Isobel McConnan.

Transport of injured people in civil defence: use of stretchers. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

China during the Cultural Revolution: women pilots about to take aid to a disaster area. Colour lithograph after Tian Kesheng, 1975.

World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / editor, Jonathan Walter.

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