Emergency accommodations are provisional accommodations. The term is used both for homeless shelters, and for accommodations in the emergency.

Homeless shelter

Emergency accommodations are sleep places, which are supported and operated by municipalities and/or by relief organizations. The requirement on accommodation determines itself according to the federal state law. Homeless ones can make their requirement valid with the responsible Sozialamt. The Sozialamt assigns an accommodation and approves the assumption of the costs. The necessary contracts are closed between Sozialamt and accommodation. Leases and thus groups right there are not. Like that undeclared control of the left areas and the accommodation are usual of several persons in an area. The differences between the emergency accommodations are however large, it also accommodations with human being-worthy equipment and meaningful care and consulting offers are operated. For warm meals most once per day one provides, exactly the same as for a 24-Stunden available medical service.

Emergency accommodations in the emergency

Emergency accommodations are furnished and operated by the care service for shelterless the population become by damage event. One differentiates the accommodations on the basis the employment phase:

Emergency aid: Camp for receiving refugees

A camp for receiving refugees is furnished as close as possible at the damage area, but at a safe place. It makes a provisional accommodation possible for as large a number of concerning as possible. There only a simplest supply under spartanischen conditions is ensured. Therefore the concerning are transported within 24 hours further. A camp for receiving refugees can be operated also with short period spent of the individual concerning during a longer period.

Interim aid: Transit camp

A transit camp is a first approximation to normal conditions. It is present more dwelling per concerning and it to family accommodation is paid attention. A regular supplying of meals and thes subject of the daily need takes place. The inhabitants remain often longer in a transit camp, why it must be in safe situation.

Reconstruction assistance: Normal conditions adapted accommodations

Accommodations of the recovery phase correspond to normal living conditions. The inhabitants supply themselves again. These accommodations are operated no more by the disaster control, but by the municipalities.

Literature

• Bavarian red cross (Hrsg.): Text book for the care service. Hofmann publishing house GmbH, Hildburghausen 1991, ISBN 3-92-286534-8
• Hanno Peter (Hrsg.): The care employment - bases and practice. 2. Edition. Blunt & Kossendey, Edewecht 2001, ISBN 3-93-275036-5
• Hutter, George: The accommodation of homeless person Boorberg, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-41-501508-4

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