National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary - Response Unit MD-478

The National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary was a Federal agency tasked with disaster relief operations within the United States.

Pre-War
It is highly probable that the U.S government was aware of the oncoming attack, as stated in Nancy Kroydon's log in the computer just outside of the Germantown Police HQ. National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary units was mobilized in the early evening on October 22nd, deployed throughout the Greater Washington area and placed on alert in the event of a catastrophe. The cause of the mobilization was kept secret from even the Presiding Officers of each units, but rumors spread of an imminent Chinese attack. On October 23rd the Great War erupted and Washington, D.C. was hit by several nuclear bombs. At least one National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary unit was within the city as it was hit and was likely immediately wiped out. Units farther from D.C were spared from the immediate blasts, including Response Unit MD-478 commanded by Presiding Officer Nancy Kroydon, which was deployed to Germantown. The response unit now began to oversee the evacuation of civilians and the medical treatment of injuried and radiation poison victims at an evacuation center set up next to Germantown police HQ.

Post-War
Almost immediately following the nuclear exchange, the National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary became overwhelmed by the number of injured and sick, desertions and lack of supplies. Sometime later a shortage of Prussian Blue for treatment of radiation victims forced Nancy Kroydon to dispatch National Guardsmen to a nearby cancer treatment center for additional supplies. The National Guardsmen either died or deserted, leaving Response Unit MD-478 on its own.

As supplies almost ran dry, Nancy Kroydon died of radiation poisoning. The fate of the rest of Response Unit MD-478 and the National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary remains a mystery, but both most like disintegrated and ceased to exist as personel fell victim to the nuclear fallout or deserted. Some might have eventually integrated into the settlements that arose following the aftermath of the war, but the majority most likely died.

Appearances
The National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary is only mentioned in Fallout 3.