Transcript Document
Emergency Preparedness
Conference
State & Tribe’s All-Hazard and
Pandemic Influenza Planning Efforts
Mike Harryman
Emergency Preparedness Director
Oregon Public Health Division
August 9, 2007
Objectives
Provide update in State and Tribe’s
preparedness activities
Overview of Department of Human Services
Vulnerable Population Task Force (VP/TF)
Next Steps
Preparedness Activities
FY05 Conducted training
assessments
All Tribe’s are on Health Alert
Network (HAN)
Three Tribe’s participated in
the PandOrA exercise Nov06
Current contracts with six
Tribe’s to complete a Health
& Medical annex and PanFlu
plan
FY06 Conducted PanFlu
assessments
FY06 Conducted All-
Capacity assessments
FY06 Followed up with
contract to NWAIHB
FY06 Followed up with
contracts to all nine Tribes
LHD/HPP Boards
DHS-VP/TF
Purpose:
Emergency preparedness plans for vulnerable populations by
stakeholders in local communities, and
State emergency preparedness plans for vulnerable populations
served by the Department of Human Services
Planning phase for project has taken six months
Preparation phase thru Sep-07
Data, planning models, best practices and other materials & resources
will be collected that will assist local stakeholders and state agency
staff to develop their local & state emergency plans
Planning templates will be developed to lead local stakeholders
through a decision-making process in preparedness planning
Training, support and other types of assistance will be made available
to local & state level stakeholders
DHS-VP/TF
The Operational phase projected to go thru March 2008
Project closeout will take 1.5 months
Project staff and Work Group members will draft and edit state plans
Local one-day workshops will be setup to go over implementation for each
DHS district (formerly called Service Delivery Area’s) in the state involving
Local stakeholders,
County emergency managers,
County health departments planners,
Tribes
DHS state staff
PHEP Preparedness staff, and
Hospital Preparedness grant coordinators
Final products are completed and arrangements are made to transfer VP
emergency preparedness activities to a regular program
Projective end date: May 2008
Next Steps
FY07 CDC & HPP grant activities
Updating Tribal contracts to reflect to going
activities
State & HPP regions complete sub-capabilities
Tier activities by 8/8/08
Pan Flu (both CDC & HPP)
Exercises
State, regional, county
Training
ICS
Next Steps
Waiting for CDC guidance for FY07
Priority projects:
Ongoing: HAN, HOSCAP, ESAR-VHP, PH radio
PIO/JIC
HVA’s
Top Official Exercise (Oct 15-20)
Chemical/RAD, Behavioral Health, CD/Epi and
Quake/Tsunami planning & response
FY07 Hospital Preparedness Program
Level-One Capabilities
Interoperable communications
Bed tracking system
Emergency systems for advance registration volunteer
health professionals (ESAR-VHP)
Fatality management plans
Hospital evacuation plans
Level-Two Capabilities
alternate care sites (ACS)
mobile medical assets
pharmaceutical caches
personal protective equipment (PPE)
decontamination
Questions