week 8 CBR resposonse document

Question 1

what will the state crisisi centre do i major incidents?

Answer 1

acitvated by the state government and will be the focal point for political/strategic manamgent

Question 2

what is the victoria polivce the control agencie for?

Answer 2

chemical, biological or radiological threats

Question 3

what are victoria police responisble for?

Answer 3

coordination of recources/response in emergencies
evacuation in colnsulation with control agnecy
registration of evacuees - with red cross
disaster victum identification
maintain public order and saftey
enforce law
incvestigate apprehaend offenders
prevent crime

Question 4

what supports do vic police give other agencies in major emergencies?

Answer 4

provision of personal 
preovison of tranpost
public warnings/information
access to communications
investigationsce and intellegence gatherings

Question 5

who is in control of chemical realses?

Answer 5

MFB and CFA

Question 6

in the event of a chmaical emergency what are the fire services responsibile for?

Answer 6

protection of life and property and equipment
confining of the contamination and origin
decontamination of person, animals, propert and equipment exposed

Question 7

in the event of a chemical emergency what will the fire services do?

Answer 7

assume incident controller
estabish incident control point
estabilish, hot, warm and cold zones
evacuate and resuce vitums where neccisary from hot zone
identidy materials involved
contain recover and nutralise materials
decontaminate persons, animals and equipment
provide support to EPA with recovory operations

Question 8

who is the control for bilogical or radiological relase?

Answer 8

the DHS supported by the fire services that will assist in decontamination under DHS direction and provide additional support while operating under their protocals

Question 9

what is the DHS responsible for?

Answer 9

general health of the commmunit and coordination of medical recovry activity- control agency for bilogical/radiological release, human diseas and food/water contamination

Question 10

what will the DHS do if there is a major incident?

Answer 10

provide specalist advice regarding handaling, recovory, decontamination, clean up and infection control, survelience and clinical effects/treatments of biological/radiological agents
provide advise on health effect due to chemical agents
provide mass casuality manamgne and is responisble for state emergency recoorvy corrdination

Question 11

what is AV responsible for?

Answer 11

provision of appriaptiate skills and equipment in mass casuilty incidents
triage of acasulties and provision of advenace treatment
povision of transport to definitive medical care
assistance with coordination of mendical teams
assistance with decontamination whre appropriate under direction of incident controller in approapite PPE
Assistance with adminstration of antidotes in hot zone usinf PPE and under the direction of incident controller

Question 12

what is the EMA and when is it activated?

Answer 12

Emergency mangament australia is activated when there are insufficent state recourse to deal with an incident and commonweath recourses are providedd to assist

Question 13

what is effecitve casulty managment dependent on?

Answer 13

accurate information relayed by bystanders and reponders
timely intervention by first repsonder
timely evacuation from contaminated areas
timley and accurate infomration provided to the commuinty
capacity to mass decontaminate
awareness of training of first respders and health care professionals timley and effective treatment
capability to mass transport victums for treatment

Question 14

what may cause radiological exposure?

Answer 14

armed conflict, terrorist activities or industrial accidnets - deployment of radiological sources, addition of radiological amterial to food/water, detonation of nuclear weapon

Question 15

what are the objectioves of decontaimination?

Answer 15

protect health and saftey of responders
mitigate against ilnnes and dealth in casuilties
limit hazard transfer
protect the environment

Question 16

define decontamination

Answer 16

invilves the physical and or chmical removal, neutralisation or reduction to safe level of material that contmiantes people, animals, equipment or the environment

Question 17

what does the RISK accronym stand for?

Answer 17

Regoinse -t the problem, risks, dangers
identify - if safe the contminates involved/quantiy/location other factos
secure- cordon the scene based on factors such as wind, terrain – 70 metrue clearnece usually starting pint
Keep out0 of affected area to prevent entry of persons not invloved in the respjnse

Question 18

what will the decontamination officer/incident controller do if there is the need for decontamination?

Answer 18

determin where to do it
determine type of decontaminated needed
manage process
liase with other agencies to acertain their needs
set up c communication processes within hot and warm zones
Determin PPE requirments

Question 19

what does police involvment look like in chemical/biological/radiological contmination icidents?

Answer 19

• become incident controller if deliberate crimnal activity present
• determin approapiate level of PPE with incdent controller
  register decontimation if victums
  responsibale for evidence manamgnet
  specalist services may undertake activities in the warm and hot zones

Question 20

what is the role of ambualce in biological/radiological/chemaicl contraimantion incidents

Answer 20

• MMAS if appripaite trained in PPE may entre hot zone under incident commander advice to triage paitens for order of decontaimation
  support victums trhough decontaimination
  administer antidotes

Question 21

what is the hot zone?

Answer 21

area considered to be contaminated- only personall wearing appropariate PPE are to enter and must be decontaminated prior to leaving

Question 22

what is the warm zone?

Answer 22

are immediately surrounding hot zone used to controll movments - all decontaminated undertake in this zone

Question 23

what is the cold one?

Answer 23

area immideatly surroudning the warm zone. contains site control, triage and treatment dacitlites. it is ree from contamiantion and PPE not required

Question 24

what helps dictate decontamination site selction?

Answer 24

wind direction
weather conditions
number and location of casulties needing decontaminateion
acess and egress
privact
potential security concers
ability to mange contamination run off ie in the water

Answer 25

chemical - flushed or flooded with cater to remove or dilute

biological- normally soap and water to reduce secondary areolisation

radiological - flashing or flooding skin an help dilute agents- soap and brushes- most harm done at detenation with trauma/ionisation