Group IV: Zombie Apocalypse Response Team Group 8

About the Disease

Symptoms

First Responders We are training: – Policemen (control) – Firefighters and E.M.S. (handing calls) – Doctors (working to develop cures/vaccine) – Waste Management (dealing with dead zombies by fire) We are currently training by giving small scale seminars at all of the hospitals and departments. The seminars have been created by the county health department and modeled after the Federal Response Plan. Current Communication is normal. During an emergency, special internet would be used. Everyone in the county is being trained, but the number of necessary people will be determined if an outbreak occurs.

The goal is to keep the disease controlled Step One: All planes coming from the Thailand area will be checked according to the design below: Zombie Apocalypse Plan

Step Two: Anyone infected will be isolated in the Manatee Memorial hospital for testing, research, and protection. Here we will be questioning them to find out who they have been in contact with and working to develop vaccines and cures. Zombie Apocalypse Plan Step Three: Anyone infected will be isolated and disposed of by means of fire.

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If a complete evacuation is needed: Step Nine: We will send out a public service announcement asking everyone to gather at the closest “safe house” We will also send out an announcement on the radio to the a cruise line asking them to bring 3 boats to Anna Maria. Step Ten: Armed escorts will group everyone and escort them on buses to be sent to Anna Maria. Women and children will go first. They will also carry whatever supplies they can hold. Zombie Apocalypse Plan

Step Ten: Once on the island, the escorts will safely put everyone onto the ship to be taken 15 miles out where they will anchor the ships and wait for the others to arrive. Step Eleven: Since zombies are attracted to noise, we will send out an announcement through the radio asking everyone to make as much noise as they can. The zombies will follow the noise and sink in the water. Step Twelve: Once it is presumably safe, the first responders will return and check the city. Once they have made sure the city is safe, they will send an announcement allowing everyone to return. Zombie Apocalypse Plan

Testing We are currently working with our top researchers and the infected people at Manatee Memorial Hospital to run tests and do blood work to determine what the cure may be. We will also be running autopsies and examinations on the dead zombies to determine the changes that occur during the transformation.

Estimated Funding and Cost If the disease was kept controlled at the first infected airport then the costs would include: – Training: $2,000 per first responder – Airport gate closure: $200 million – Hospital rent: $346,000 – Research: $500 million If the disease was to outbreak: – Cost of previous work – First responder calls: $1,800 per call – Ammunition: $0.50 per round – Safe Houses: $3 million per store – Buses: $1800 – Cruise Ship: $55,000 per ship We will ask for funding from first the County Health Department and the MCAT for transportation. We will then ask for state funding and then Federal funding if needed.

Mayor Wayne H. Poston Head of Health Department Head of Police Head of Fire DepartmentHead of EMS Media and Communications General Workers

Real Life Application Our original plan to contain the disease can be used as an outline to control other foreign diseases. The idea of using a hospital for isolation and research could also be applied when and if a new, dangerous disease was to be discovered. The Chain of Command could be used and adapted for any natural disaster. Collecting resources and funding are both things that would have to be taken into consideration when a new problem arises.

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