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Prelims Flashcards

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  • Combination of strengths and resources within a community
  • Include infrastractures/ institution, human knowledge, skills, etc
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Capacity

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  • Unfortunate event that could lead to the destruction of life and property
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Disaster

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  • fatality results are unknown
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Open Disasters

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  • fatality results are known/ identifiable
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Closed Disasters

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General types of disaster

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  1. Manmade Caused Incidents
  2. Natural Cause Disaster
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  • There is human intervention
  • Public rallies, hostages situation, barricade situations, demolition, bomb threats, kidnapping, rebellion, etc
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Manmade Caused Incidents

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  • Occurs naturally
  • Earthquakes, tsunami, typhoons, storms, avalanche
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Natural Cause Disaster

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  • Refers to the documented proof of death of someone
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Death Certificate

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  • Issued by NDRRMC indicating that the person is believed dead as a result of a disaster based on. Validation and recommendation by the concerned LGU
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Certificate of missing person believe to be dead in times of disaster

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  • Possibility of harm or loss
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Risk

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  • Anything that has the potential to cause harm
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Hazard

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  • Refers to the burial of 2 or more dead bodies/ body parts in an orderly process
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Collective Grave

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  • Indiscriminate burial of 2 or more unidentified bodies/ body parts in the excavated sitte
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Mass Grave

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  • Condition of a place affected by the disaster occured
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State of Calamity

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  • Refers to shallow burial of.2 or more dead bodies/body parts
  • “Pending for Identification”
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Temporary Burial

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  • Refers to the removal of dead body from its grave
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Exhumation

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  • Provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster
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Disaster Response

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  • An incident wherein a great number of population are involved and are killed
  • Locating, Identifying, and recovering dead deceased body
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Mass Fatality

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Elements of MassFatality

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  • There is a disaster
  • Massive number of population is involved
  • Number of deceased are greater during the recovery operation
  • Incident overwhelms the available resources
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What is Mass Fatality?

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  • Focuses on the identification of th fatality in the affected area
  • Can be overwhelming
  • Many agencies are involved to manage the incident occured
  • May involve cross jurisdiction
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-Is one part of the overall response and it is critical to the success of the operation that appropriate plans and structures are implemented

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Disaster Victim Identification (DVI)

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  • Effective Coordination of a disaster response operation can only be assured if a properly functioning command and organizational structure is implemented
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Disaster Victim Identification (DVI)

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  • Multiple agencies and organizations with diverse and competing functions and responsibilities are required to work together
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Disaster Victim Identification (DVI)

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DVI command need to be effectively incorporated into the lead authorities’ organizational structure

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  • Assumes command of the operation as a whole, in order to ensure effective coordination of personnel and resources
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Lead Authority (LA)

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Coordinating a DVI response with other disciplines The LA should;

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  • establish structures to promote effective communication between operational units to ensure that critical information conveyed to and from appropriate recipients
  • In terms of specialist response agencies they are likely to attend the disaster site, they are confirm to police, fire and ambulance
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Specialist of the DVI Operations

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  • Emergency Response
  • Rescue Team
  • Investigation Units
  • Forensic Services
  • Intelligence
  • Public Information Unit
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Initial Response by the Lead Authorities

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  1. Upon relevant assets arriving at the disaster site
    - Obtain an overview of the scope of the incident
    - Why? For the basis of determining resources required and the implementation of necessary procedures
  2. The first priority during the response activity involves rescuing services and minimizing loss of life
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Before Operation

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  • Nature of the disaster
  • Classifications of disaster
  • Scope and estimation of infrastructure damage
  • Number of casualties
  • Requirement for transportation of injured/ deceased persons
  • Information about the number of missing persons
  • Determine the disaster response services
  • Description of current and likely changes of the disaster site
  • Clarification on which officials need to be briefed and when
  • Effective communication to maintain information and coordination
  • Maintaining the simultaneous records
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Scene Control Measures

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  • Proper barriers and cordoning areas
  • Notice sign “Authorized Personnel Only”
  • Personal lists
  • Establishments of assembly and collection points within the secured are for coordination purposes
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Initial Risk and Hazard Assessments

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The following activities should therefore be performed:
- Collection of information on building/ structural related dangers
- Consideration of hazardous substance detection measures
- Preparations of a comprehensive risk assessment
- Consideration of permanent site safety manager

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INITIAL SCENE EVALUATION
Factors that need consideration in this
plan include:

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-Extent of the scene (size, evaluation of hazards and any other factors that will need to be considered).
-Condition and potential number of human remains.
-Estimation of the amount of property to be processed.
- Estimation of the likely duration of the process.
-Developing a methodology to record the scene
-Procedures to remove the human remains
-Transportation of the deceased.
-Storage of the deceased and property.
-Risk assessment of the scene (proper & safe entrance of the DVI members)
-Level of (PPE) required for safe extraction of human remains in the environment the event occurred in.

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PRELIMINARY PLANNING FOR SCENE MANAGEMENT

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-Planning: to ensure the scene is managed correctly and sufficient time is taken consideration

-The plan needs to be communicated to all participating agencies and services to reduce confusion at the disaster site

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DVI COMMAND STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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  • Command structure is capable of being expanded, depending on the size and nature of the Disaster.
  • it is managed by well- trained people.
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SPECIALISTS INVOLVED

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-Forensic Odontologists
-Forensic Pathologists
-Forensic Anthropologists
-Forensic Biologists
-Safety Specialist

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SUPPORT FOR THE DVI PROCESS

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• Photographers
• Radiologists
• Interview Teams
• Property managers
• Scene and PM recorders
• QualityAssuranceTeams (quality control information and data)
• Evidence collection and management Teams
• Mortuary managers
• Investigators
• Logistics Officers
• Liaison Officers
• Missing Persons Officers
• Information Technology Specialists NMPVS Managers(if using NMPVS - National Missing Persons & Victims System)

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