vet disaster management

Question 1

what are the 2 types of disasters?

Answer 1

1. natural

2. manmade

Question 2

what are the 2 manmade disasters?

define them

Answer 2

1. bioterrorism (deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, toxins, or other harmful agents that are used to cause illness of death in people, animals, or plants)
2. agroterrorism (deliberate attempt to disrupt or destroy the ag industry/food supply system through use of plant of animal pathogens

Question 3

manmade disasters can be intentional and non intentional, give examples of both

Answer 3

1. intentional: terrorism

2. nonintentional: accidents

Question 4

in order to get funding for disasters, what must you do?

Answer 4

plan!

*prior planning prevents poor performance

Question 5

what constitutes good management? (the 4 phases)

Answer 5

1. mitigation
2. preparedness
3. recovery
4. response
   * the government is in one of these phases at all times!

Question 6

define mitigation

Answer 6

1. attempt to prevent hazards from developing into disasters OR
2. reduce effects of disasters when they occur

Question 7

in what phase are vets utilized the most?

Answer 7

response phase

Question 8

because so many people didn’t evacuate and got hurt (including their animals), animals were abandoned, it was difficult to ID animals, etc. during Katrina, what was set in place?

Answer 8

companion animal issues

Question 9

what is the companion animal issues that was set in place due to katrina?

Answer 9

makes it so people that have pets and service animals have to be provided assistance

Question 10

what is the county animal response team (CART)?

Answer 10

• provides rapid response
• utilizes local resources to minimize animal suffering when a large scale disaster occurs
• makes relationships with local agencies
• have a home court advantage because theyre familiar with the territory and any special considerations

Question 11

what is the state animal response team (SART)?`

Answer 11

• responds to disasters on the local, county, state, and federal level
• joins governmental agencies with private goals (whatever the fuck that means)

Question 12

when does the federal level veterinary get involved in an animal disaster response?

Answer 12

when the local veterinary community is overwhelmed.

Question 13

what are the federal level veterinary involvement agencies?

Answer 13

1. veterinary medical assistance team (VMAT)
2. national veterinary response team (NVRT)
3. national animal health emergency response corp (NAHERC)
4. u.s. public health service

Question 14

what do you know about the veterinary medical assistance team (VMAT)?

Answer 14

• it’s a federal level veterinary involvement agency
• must be requested by the state
• provide assistance to state health authorities
• funded through the american veterinary medical foundation
• operate under the AVMA

Question 15

what are the VMAT’s primary functions? (veterinary medical assistance team)

Answer 15

1. early assessment volunteer teams
   - 4-6 person team
   - deployments are 72 hrs
   - teams assess vet conditions, infrastructure, and gather data to show the state their available resources
2. basic treatment volunteer teams
   - 4-6 person team
   - deployments are 5 days
   - teams provide field care to help with overwhelmed local capabilities
3. training
   - 1-2 day training lectures and courses
   - start as a lecture format and develop into field exercises
   - provide emergency related education and training to state, professionals, and colleges

Question 16

what do you know about the national veterinary response team? (NVRT)

Answer 16

• its a federal level veterinary involvement agency
• part of the department of health & human services national disaster medical system
• hire private citizens as intermittent federal employees
• assigned to designated regional teams who train in preparation

Question 17

what do you know about national animal health emergency response corp (NAHERC)?

Answer 17

• its a federal level veterinary involvement agency
• responds to exotic disease outbreaks and disasters that affect livestock, poultry, companion animals, and wildlife
• hire temporary USDA animal and plant inspection service employees

Question 18

what do you know about the u.s. public health?

Answer 18

• its a federal level veterinary involvement agency
• have 100+ veterinarians
• one of the 7 uniformed services

Question 19

what do you know about the national response framework (NRF)?

Answer 19

• starts from the federal level, then state, then local
• under the department of homeland security
• made a comprehensive, national, all hazards approach to disasters
• lists all levels of government in a unified approach
• always in effect

Question 20

what do you know about the national incident management system (NIMS)?

Answer 20

• starts from the local level, then state, then federal

- ICS is within this

Question 21

what do you know about incident command system (ICS)?

Answer 21

• standardized so everyone understands it
• uses standard terminology so there’s no miscommunication
• has a top-down structure (only positions that are necessary are filled & each element has a person in charge)

Question 22

regarding ICS, what are the ratios that are ideal, needed to shrink response, and needed to expand response?

Answer 22

1: 5 is ideal
1: 3 is if you need to shrink response
1: 7 is if you need to expand response

Question 23

what is the structure of the ICS? (note: its a 5 management function)

Answer 23

1. incident command
2. logistics
3. operations
4. planning
5. finance & administration

Question 24

in what section of the ICS structure are most vets utilized?

Answer 24

operations