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The Medical SubGroup's mission is to provide guidance to the IAB regarding health
and medical aspects of local, state, and federal standardization, interoperability,
and responder safety to prepare for, respond to, mitigate, and recover from any
incident by identifying requirements for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear,
or explosives (CBRNE) incident response equipment.
Function and Roles
The maximum number of injured persons that can be absorbed by the local medical
community will vary according to resources. A community should plan to be self-sufficient
for a minimum of 24 hours following the onset of an incident. There is no "one-size-fits-all"
list of equipment to enable a community's medical capability to prepare for an overwhelming
event. Each community must evaluate its own capabilities, capacities, and state-of-preparedness.
A typical study would include the following components:
- Evaluate vulnerability and threat to the community
- Evaluate levels of preparedness
- What are the roles, realistic expectations, and limitations of all of the WMD medical
response participants; and,
- Examine existing capacity
- Identify solutions & make recommendations
CO-CHAIR
Thomas Walsh
Seattle (WA) Fire Department
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Stephen Skowronski
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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