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 Noted Emergency Management Consultant Recommends HeaterMeals

     12/16/09 - Lucien Canton is a nationally recognized expert on strategic planning for crisis and disasters.  Canton served as the Director of Emergency Services for the City and County of San Francisco, and as an Emergency Management Programs Specialist and Chief of the Hazard Mitigation Branch for FEMA Region IX. 

     In his latest newsletter for his consulting company, LGC, Canton writes about the power of food.  He suggests that familiar foods have the ability to help individuals recover emotionally from disasters.   "The use of food to improve morale is not only appropriate in a shelter operation or in the recovery phase...Having a meal that you really enjoy doesn't make up for losing your home and possessions to a fire but it does help with the shock and pain of the loss.  It also suggests that those providing the relief see you as an individual."

     Canton went on to outline alternatives to traditional disaster feeding that would help with morale.  "Consider options that offer wider menu choices, such as Heater Meals(sic)..."