Leah C. Dorman, DVM Director of Food Programs Center for Food & Animal Issues Ohio Farm Bureau Animal Health Emergency TAC

 Ohio Veterinary Emergency Responders  An all hazards approach to animal emergency response  Voluntary group – OVER 950 signed up!!!  Veterinarians  Veterinary students  Animal health technicians  Extension agents  Producers  Laypeople  Six states plus Ohio

To develop a group of TRAINED individuals prepared to respond to ANIMAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES in the State of Ohio.

 Fill out application  Don’t forget to give driver’s license number & sign application  ICS 100 course required for orientation  Online at fema.gov OR  I-700 recommended (NIMS training)  See above websites  Attend an OVER orientation & get badge  Always welcome to attend any/all OVER trainings, regardless of whether an orientation has been attended

 Charges the Ohio Community Service Council with duties related to volunteers, including establishing a statewide system for volunteers and assisting political subdivisions with implementing that system.  Permits the Ohio Community Service Council to accept and administer grants from any source to carry out its functions.  Defines "registered volunteer" and creates an exemption from liability for registered volunteers in specified situations.  Establishes which information related to volunteers is a public record and which information is a security record not subject to public disclosure.  Requires the Director of Health to establish a system of volunteers as advisable and reasonably necessary to respond in an emergency involving the public's health.

 B) A registered volunteer is not liable in damages to any person or government entity in tort or other civil action, including an action upon a medical, dental, chiropractic, optometric, or other health-related claim or veterinary claim, for injury, death, or loss to person or property that may arise from an act or omission of that volunteer. This division applies to a registered volunteer while providing services within the scope of the volunteer's responsibilities during an emergency declared by the state or political subdivision or in disaster-related exercises, testing, or other training activities, if the volunteer's act or omission does not constitute willful or wanton misconduct.  NOTE: Healthcare professional must have completed a training where credentialing was completed [review driver’s license and professional license wallet card] and must be registered on the database.

 Credentialing body for animal response  Backfill for State of Ohio Regional Animal Response Teams

 Definition: anything that provides the basis for confidence, belief, credit; evidence of authority, status, rights or entitlement to privileges or the like, usually in written form ( Random House College Dictionary)

 Allows proper identification of first responder personnel and task assignment based on qualifications and experience  Ensures that personnel responding have been properly trained and are qualified to operate in those positions  Provides uniform certification programs allowing first responders to provide mutual aid nationwide

 Can be used as a method to screen individuals entering the scene for proper qualifications and training

 Best done BEFORE the incident  A way of resource typing -Who are you? – ID badge -What training have you had? – database  Quality assurance

MISSION  The mission of the AHE TAC is to coordinate an all hazards approach to emergency management activities for incidents that could result in a disruption affecting animals, (including but not limited to livestock, domestic, captive, companion and wild animals) and/or endanger the food supply, livestock industry, public health, or domestic and international trade.

 Ohio Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry– *lead  United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services  The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine  The Ohio State University, Extension  United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services  Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife  Ohio Department of Health  Ohio Veterinary Medical Association  Ohio Veterinary Medical Licensing Board  Ohio Emergency Management Agency  Ohio Livestock Coalition - industry  Ohio Department of Homeland Security  County Emergency Management Agencies – Holmes,Wayne,Henry  Regional Animal Response Teams (CART, DART, etc.)

The TAC Goals are:  Conduct needs assessment  Prioritize needs  Develop response and operational procedures  Conduct equipment inventory of the planning region and state as a whole  Develop training standards  Identify logistical needs and support  Assist each region in meeting this equipment, training and operational needs and standards.

 Mission  Coordinate and respond to an all hazards incident  Utilization  Animal Disease Incident  Natural Disaster  Man-Made Event  Incidents of any size and type, involving animals  Operational guidance document  A work in progress

 Local incident  County Emergency Management Agency  Other local officials – sheriff, fire, police, etc.  Regional or State incident  Ohio Dept. of Agriculture  Ohio Emergency Management Agency  Backfill for Ohio Regional Animal Response Teams  Medical Reserve Corps activation of individual members  Team activation through ODA or OEMA **IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION

 MOST important – HUMAN safety  Teams will take initial direction from IC  Must have clearance  To enter property (legal)  That environment is safe  No operation of watercraft  Proper equipment – species appropriate  PPE

 Must be registered with OVER  Attend OVER or OMRC/OCCC training  ORC

 Exercises coordinated with OEMA  Additional training coordinated with OVER  For credentialing purposes  Required training for all ORART members  IS 700 – National Incident Management System  IS 800 – National Response Framework  ICS 100 – Intro to Incident Command System  ICS 200 – ICS for Single Resources & Initial Action Incidents  Online water safety course  Only required for search & rescue

 Team leader  ICS 300 – Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents  ICS 400 – Advanced ICS Command & General Staff for Complex Incidents

 Team leader notifies the OEMA duty officer  Nature of emergency  Location of emergency  Point of contact and contact number(s)  Additional resource requirement needs  Initial needs assessment for the Team  OEMA duty officer will contact OVER coordinator  Allows them to be prepared for potential backfill of Team

 Contains  Names of Team members  Team activation point(s) of contact & contact #  Must be kept current  Provided to OVER coordinator, OEMA field operations annually

 Options must be researched by AHE-TAC in an annual meeting  When funding is identified  Authorized equipment list (OEMA)  Administration of funding through County EMA

 Requests will be submitted through the serviced county  ALWAYS keep track of ALL expenses  Mileage  Time  Hotel  Food  Etc.  OEMA will provide a course on reimbursement documentation

MISSION  To disseminate animal emergency preparedness information in Ohio to protect animal & human health & safety and to facilitate a local animal emergency response plan.

GOALS  Get at least one veterinarian in each county to be part of county planning for animals in disaster.  Make template for animal emergency response plan or keep a library of plans.  Facilitate or conduct training

 National counterpart to OVER  Voluntary  Periodic training  When activated/deployed will be paid as temporary USDA employees  Can say “NO” to deployment for both NAHERC and OVER and still be members

Farm Bureau structure  87 county FB  35 county offices  Organization directors (35)  Regional Supervisors (4)  235,000 members

 Coordination of federal, state, local volunteer initiatives  Training  Funding  Credentialing ID  Emergency Management Assistance Compact {EMAC} issues  Sustainment

Pair OVER members with Regional ART’s Regional OVER training?