Safeguarding Animal Health Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Animal Health Jose R. Diez Associate Deputy Administrator U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services January 21, Veterinary Services Animal Disease Emergency Management: An Overview

Safeguarding Animal Health Emergency Management and Diagnostics National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) National Center for Animal Health Emergency Management (NCAHEM) 2

Safeguarding Animal Health National Center for Animal Health Emergency Management (NCAHEM) Preparedness and Incident Coordination (PIC) Interagency Coordination (IC) National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS) 3

Safeguarding Animal Health Preparedness and Incident Coordination (PIC) 4 Case Definition Development Process Overview of Information Management Overview of the National Veterinary Stockpile Overview of Modeling and Assessment Tools Finance Overview of the National Response Framework and National Incident Management System Overview of Etiology and Ecology of HPAI Surveillance Health and Safety and PPE Biosecurity Cleaning and Disinfection Communications FMD Response Plan HPAI Response Plan Swine Industry Manual Dairy Industry Manual New Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response (FAD PReP) documents in 2010

Safeguarding Animal Health Preparedness and Incident Coordination (PIC) In 2010 released: SECURE EGG SUPPLY PLAN 5

Safeguarding Animal Health Preparedness and Incident Coordination (PIC) 6 New in 2010 VS Memo Flow Charts Available on-line at

Safeguarding Animal Health Preparedness and Incident Coordination (PIC) 7 FAD PReP documents at: Go to the site to request a username and a password

Safeguarding Animal Health PIC- National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC) 8

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) 9 Slide represents all NCAHEM units

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) Incident Management Levels L/S Execution & LeadL/S/F Execution Sector FacilitationSector Technical Lead and Coordination Sector Technical Authority Lead DHS Situational Awareness DHS Facilitation of Interagency Preparations to Support DHS Coordination Authority Local/State IncidentFood and Agriculture Sector Managed Incident Incident jointly managed by Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector 11 Incident Management Tier 3Tier 2 Tier 1 Incident Magnitude Interagency Coordination Sector emergency declaration Sector Secretary requests DHS support Presidential declaration

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) QUADS Countries: US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. UK and Ireland are involved as members of technical working groups. Purpose: Improved animal disease response arrangements, integrated training, ongoing stakeholder awareness and enhanced policy development. Creating efficiencies by: –Considering common emergency preparedness issues –Facilitating technical exchange –Facilitating training opportunities Reducing duplication and enhancing collaboration 11

Safeguarding Animal Health Organization of QUAD Working Groups and Technical Working Groups ** EMWG WG Projects IAHER; FMD Comparison ( ); Course framework on use of Modelling in decision-making International Network of Vaccine Banks for FMD Vaccine Project Management for Technical Working groups [sub-groups]

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) Disease Spread Modeling and Partnerships Capitalize on national and international expertise Coordinate epidemiologic and economic modeling efforts Partners include veterinary epidemiologists, livestock health experts, computer programmers, agricultural economists, disease modelers, and other specialists involved in development and application of epidemiological and economic models 13

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) Test Exercises: FMD Exercise Series USDA / FBI Table Top Exercise June 22, 2010 The exercise focused on bidirectional communication between the USDA and the FBI during animal and plant disease scenarios USDA / FEMA Workshop and Table Top Exercise January 2011 Purpose of these exercises is to develop and exercise the process required for Federal–to-Federal support during a catastrophic animal or plant disease outbreak FMD Functional Exercise Summer 2011 Purpose will be to test Federal inter-departmental response and State / Regional response to an FMD outbreak. 14

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) 3-D Tools Depopulation Disposal Disinfection APHIS Emergency Management Website aphis_role_emergency_tools_disposal_training.shtml 15

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) Depopulation Research Firearms for cattle CO2 for swine Foam for poultry Captive bolt for cattle 16

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) Disposal Research Pathogen fate, transport and persistence throughout disposal/treatment process (composting); Pathogen exposure risk during disposal/treatment (rendering); Disposal risk mitigation (rendering); Logistical infrastructure/standards for allowing movement from control zone; Decision support tools (cost/benefit/risk analyses); New technologies (gasifier) 17

Safeguarding Animal Health Interagency Coordination (IC) Decontamination Research Generic disinfectant efficacy study at Plum Island (EPA); Effectiveness of various cleaning technologies (EPA); Return-to-normal operations SOPs (EPA/rendering Industry); Cold weather decon SOPs (Canada ) 18

Safeguarding Animal Health 19 National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS) -Supplies, PPE, anti-virals, vaccines onsite in 24 hours -Commercial service contracts for people and equipment for depopulation, decontamination and disposal

Safeguarding Animal Health National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS) 20 Contracts with commercial firms for 3D Operations -Depopulation -Disposal of Carcasses -Disinfection

Safeguarding Animal Health National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS) 21 Iowa sample to FADDL Plum Island 3.5 hours Alabama sample to NVSL Ames, Iowa, 5 hours Contracts-Emergency Transport

Safeguarding Animal Health National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS) Annual In 2009, exercised with the Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture (MSPSA) states (NE, IL, KY) In 2010 exercised with Southern Agriculture & Animal Disaster Response Alliance (SAADRA) states (MS, AL, and LA. IN 2011 planning full scale exercise with the Navajo Nation. 22 The NVS exercise program is designed to enhance the preparedness of Federal, State, Tribe, and Territories to logistically respond to damaging animal disease outbreaks. SAADRA NVS Planning Workshop November 2009

Safeguarding Animal Health Questions? 23