1. Working Together for All Hazards Readiness Course Overview
California Department of Health Services
National Laboratory Training Network
Alameda, Sonoma, Shasta, Sacramento,
San Bernardino and San Diego CO PH Laboratories
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2. Vision: All Hazards Readiness
Why all hazards? Realization that terrorists may use multiple weapon types simultaneously. Need to be prepared for all hazards
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3. CBRNE is current approach.
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4. Today’s Situation Trust for America’s Health US not prepared
Report by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation widely quoted in the media.
Despite all $ spent, US still not prepared
Preparation varies widely by state and regions
No nationwide benchmarks or criteria
Not enough sharing of best practices
Not enough dialog across agency and geographical borders
Not enough integration, too many silos
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5. How Did We Get Here? Events of 9/11 Categorical grants and funding
Varied interpretation
Varied implementation
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6. Opportunity for Improvement
Bring groups together
Encourage dialog and interaction
Learn others roles
Break down barriers
Identify resources
Today’s program is an attempt to:
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7. Groups involved in Readiness and Response
Law enforcement – local, state, federal
First responders – Fire, HAZMAT
Medical – EMS, ED, Laboratory
Public Health – epidemiology, laboratory
Environmental Health
Many groups involved in readiness and response.
Today’s program provides an opportunity to improve your ability to interact with other groups in an emergency.
You may know your own role, but do you know what others think your role is, or what others think their role is?
Group exercises this afternoon will provide time to dialog about various emergency scenarios and discuss not only what you would be doing, but what other groups would be doing in that situation.
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8. Today’s Participants Varied audience Varied expertise
Varied experience
Today’s participants include first responders, clinical and public health laboratorians, medical personnel.
ASK FOR SHOW OF HANDS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS
ASK THE PARTICIPANTES TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO PERSON NEXT TO THEM
Don’t normally learn together.
Each person here has expertise in their own areas of preparedness, but may be unaware what other groups must do to be prepared.
May be unaware of how to interact with other groups in an emergency and what each of you expects from the other.
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9. Goals and Objectives
Recognize circumstances that indicate a potential chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, or explosive terrorist threat, incident or attack
Recognize symptoms associated with chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear, or explosive terrorism agents
Describe the Public Health Response to a terrorism event
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10. Goals and Objectives Describe the value of the
Laboratory Response Network for Bioterrorism (LRN),
The Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Terrorism (LRN-C) and the
Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) in recognizing and responding to terrorism events
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11. Goals and Objectives
Describe how to collect, package, and ship clinical specimens from a chemical terrorism event
Describe environmental sampling and analysis procedures for terrorism events including preservation of evidence and chain of custody
List types of federal assistance available after a terrorism event
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12. Recommendation Meet someone new Take information back
Continue to improve
We realize this one-day program cannot complete your all hazards readiness training, but it is a beginning.
CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS TO MEET AND TALK TO ONE PERSON FROM ANOTHER GROUP AT EACH BREAK AND EAT LUNCH WITH SOMEONE THEY DON”T KNOW.
Your participation here today may identify a collaboration problem in your area or give you an idea of how to better work together. Take that idea back to your workplace.
Set up an exercise, table top or similar activity that crosses boundaries
Form a cross-cutting team to solve a problem.
Identify goals and benchmarks in partnership with other groups.
Keep learning and improving!
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