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Disaster Management Flashcards

1
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A danger or risk of an event occurring. Can morph into a disaster.

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Hazard

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What types of hazards are there?

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Physical
Chemical
Environmental
Biological

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A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society, involving widespread losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community.

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Disaster

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Disasters can have rapid or slow onsets. Give examples of each.

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Rapid: hurricane, tornado, earthquake

Slow:drought, disease

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The deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, toxins, or other harmful agents used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants.

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Bioterrorism

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Malicious attempt to disrupt/destroy the agricultural industry or food supply system of a population through the use of plant or animal pathogens.

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Agroterrorism

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2 types of infectious diseases that can be the cause of disasters.

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Foreign Animal Disease

Zoonotic diseases

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What are 4 reasons veterinarians are vital to disaster response?

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Trusted

Education (systems thinkers)

Surveillance contributors

First responders

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What are the 4 phases of disaster management?

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Mitigation
Preparedness
Response
Recovery

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Phase of disaster management that attempts to prevent hazards from developing into disasters, or to reduce the effects of disasters when they occur.

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Mitigation

*houses on stilts, low water crossing replacements

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What are a few examples of things you can do to prepare your veterinary clinic for a disaster?

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Phone tree

Off-site animal shelters

Off-site meeting area

Food and water sources

Disaster drills

Emergency lighting

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2 companion animal issues during disasters:

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Failure to evacuate because of pets

Animal abandonment

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What are some special considerations with large animal infectious disease outbreaks?

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Cost of carcass disposal

Contamination of environment

Policy issues (vaccination vs stamping out)

Insurance payments

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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.

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CART: County Animal Response Team

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This response group joins government agencies with private goals, and trains to respond to disasters on the local, county, state, and federal levels.

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SART: State Animal Response Team

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What are the federal level veterinary response agencies requested when the local veterinary community is overwhelmed?

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Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT)

National Veterinary Response Team (NVRT)

National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp (NAHERC)

US Public Health Service

17
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This agency provides assistance to state animal health authorities WHEN REQUESTED, and operates under, and is funded by, the AVMA

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Veterinary Medical Assistance Team

18
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Private citizens who have been approved as intermittent federal employees in the event of a disaster, and are assigned to designated regional teams.

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National Veterinary Response Team (NVRT)

19
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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.

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National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp (NAHERC)

20
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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.

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US Public Health Service

21
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Part of the Department of Homeland Security, this agency establishes an all-hazards approach to domestic incident response, and is always in effect.

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National Response Framework (NRF)

22
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What does “all-hazards” response mean?

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Comprehensive. Addresses things common to all disasters.

23
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Who determines a core set of concepts, principles, and terminology for incident command and multi-agency coordination?

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National Incident Management System (NIMS)

24
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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?

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Ideal 1:5

Shrink 1:3

Expand 1:7

25
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The 5 management functions of the ICS are incident command, logistics, operations, planning, and finance. Which of these are comprised of veterinarians?

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Incident Command
Operations
Planning

26
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Not all incidents are considered disasters. Give some examples of incidents.

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Fire
Disease outbreak
Hazmat incidents
Criminal acts
Terrorist acts
Parades

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