The North America mission is focused on assisting communities impacted by natural and man-made disasters.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
Peace Missions created and coordinated the Air Tragedy website as a global emergency resource. The resource was visited by more than 1 million viewers immediately after the air tragedy of September 11, 2001. The online resource was among the first resources available to individuals, families, communities, businesses, and the media, providing resources, information and assistance within hours of the events of September 11. The website now serves as an important historical site and resource, and is included among the archived documents commissioned by the Library of Congress to preserve digital materials covering the events of September 11. The site now links to the Avalon Project at Yale University.

OCTOBER 2003 CALIFORNIA FIRES
In mid October 2003, Southern California and Mexico experienced the worst fires in nearly a century with nearly 1 million acres burned, over 3,000 homes destroyed, and over a dozen lives lost due to simultaneous and converging fires. The scope of the October 2003 fires reached from Mexico to north of Los Angeles. The Red Cross established assistance through 16 networked centers in Southern California.

Saving Lives & Property. Peace Missions assisted homeowners and communities through onsite volunteer assistance, in preparing and protecting homes and housing areas. Onsite volunteers also assisted homeowners in evacuation prior to arrival of spreading fires.

The United States Forest Service manages 20 million acres of national forest land and assists the state and private forest land owners in California. To visit the National Interagency Fire Center - National Fire News, click here.

NATURAL DISASTER DATABASE
For reference on natural disasters, including wildfires, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, tornados, and diseases, visit the Natural Disaster Reference Database.