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
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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
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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
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The Operational phase projected to go thru March 2008
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Project closeout will take 1.5 months
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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
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Priority projects:
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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
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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