A danger or risk of an event occurring. Can morph into a disaster.
Hazard
What types of hazards are there?
Physical
Chemical
Environmental
Biological
A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society, involving widespread losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community.
Disaster
Disasters can have rapid or slow onsets. Give examples of each.
Rapid: hurricane, tornado, earthquake
Slow:drought, disease
The deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, toxins, or other harmful agents used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants.
Bioterrorism
Malicious attempt to disrupt/destroy the agricultural industry or food supply system of a population through the use of plant or animal pathogens.
Agroterrorism
2 types of infectious diseases that can be the cause of disasters.
Foreign Animal Disease
Zoonotic diseases
What are 4 reasons veterinarians are vital to disaster response?
Trusted
Education (systems thinkers)
Surveillance contributors
First responders
What are the 4 phases of disaster management?
Mitigation
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
Phase of disaster management that attempts to prevent hazards from developing into disasters, or to reduce the effects of disasters when they occur.
Mitigation
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What are a few examples of things you can do to prepare your veterinary clinic for a disaster?
Phone tree
Off-site animal shelters
Off-site meeting area
Food and water sources
Disaster drills
Emergency lighting
2 companion animal issues during disasters:
Failure to evacuate because of pets
Animal abandonment
What are some special considerations with large animal infectious disease outbreaks?
Cost of carcass disposal
Contamination of environment
Policy issues (vaccination vs stamping out)
Insurance payments
This response group is on the local level and uses local resources, has a rapid response, and is familiar with the territory and special considerations.
CART: County Animal Response Team
This response group joins government agencies with private goals, and trains to respond to disasters on the local, county, state, and federal levels.
SART: State Animal Response Team
What are the federal level veterinary response agencies requested when the local veterinary community is overwhelmed?
Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT)
National Veterinary Response Team (NVRT)
National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp (NAHERC)
US Public Health Service
This agency provides assistance to state animal health authorities WHEN REQUESTED, and operates under, and is funded by, the AVMA
Veterinary Medical Assistance Team
Private citizens who have been approved as intermittent federal employees in the event of a disaster, and are assigned to designated regional teams.
National Veterinary Response Team (NVRT)
This response agency is part of USDA-APHIS and its members respond to exotic disease outbreaks and other disasters which involve livestock, poultry, companion animals, and wildlife.
National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp (NAHERC)
A branch of the uniformed services, this agency is comprised of 6500 members, 100 of those being veterinarians, who work in areas of disease control and prevention.
US Public Health Service
Part of the Department of Homeland Security, this agency establishes an all-hazards approach to domestic incident response, and is always in effect.
National Response Framework (NRF)
What does “all-hazards” response mean?
Comprehensive. Addresses things common to all disasters.
Who determines a core set of concepts, principles, and terminology for incident command and multi-agency coordination?
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
The Incident Command System (ICS), a standardized, all-hazard, incident management system, is flexible and uses multiple agencies. What are the supervisor:worker ratios for ideal conditions, and conditions in which response needs to shrink or expand?
Ideal 1:5
Shrink 1:3
Expand 1:7
The 5 management functions of the ICS are incident command, logistics, operations, planning, and finance. Which of these are comprised of veterinarians?
Incident Command
Operations
Planning
Not all incidents are considered disasters. Give some examples of incidents.
Fire Disease outbreak Hazmat incidents Criminal acts Terrorist acts Parades
