John,
That is not my model. It is what both the lay and vocational members wanted. The Southern Baptist cooks meals for distribution and the Red Cross provides the food. A typical messages might be that a cooking unit at such location needs food for 10,000 people for the next 3 days sent to headquarters. Or that all units and people arrived safety. One thing I did not mention is the home guard. Home guard are hams, like me, who cannot go to a disaster site. We can listen at home, and if the message cannot get through, we can relay it by any means, radio, phone, etc. Also, since we are communications and IT, we do not have much contact with the public, so we do not do any witnessing or counseling. Southern Baptist disaster relief has special training for counseling chaplains. Since we are not trained in that area, we cannot do any counseling. If somebody ask for prayer, we will pray for them, but we do not initiate it. Sometimes, prayers for safe travel are voiced over the ham bands. Each area (cooking, child care, chain saw, etc) are trained in that area, and unless cross trained, cannot provide services in another area. Next time you see a disaster video, look for the yellow shirts.
Randy ka4nma