GRT Brings Relief To The Red Cross

Global Relief Technologies, LLC has been selected by the American Red Cross to equip a cadre of Red Cross disaster relief professionals with GRT’s patented Rapid Data Management System (RDMS) product. RDMS will do much to augment the Red Cross’ disaster response communications capability. GRT and the Red Cross have signed a contract to cover an initial deployment of RDMS during the current hurricane season. Under its agreement with the Red Cross, GRT will outfit a Red Cross Quick Assessment Team with RDMS-powered equipment and services. GRT and the Red Cross hope to expand the use of RDMS within the national Red Cross disaster response system.




RDMS is a data collection and management system designed to assist disaster relief organizations gain real-time situational awareness of field conditions. RDMS allows field users operating in austere environments with little or no communications capability to collect data on handheld devices. They then transmit that data over secure satellite or cellular connections to a virtual network operation center, where it is instantaneously collected and analyzed. RDMS allows field users to input precisely the data they need, based on their own historical operating requirements. The data is then presented in a manner in which the customer would like to view the information. By using RDMS, decision-makers at the organization’s headquarters are able to assess the situation in the field accurately and in real-time—Portsmouth, New Hampshire