Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1
SECTION I: Emergency Medical Services Deployment Templates
........................................................... 3
TEMPLATE 1: The Emergency Medical Services Emergency Operations Plan
.............................................. 3
TEMPLATE 2: Basic Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
...................................................................................... 6
TEMPLATE 3: Incident and Event Plans
....................................................................................................... 9
TEMPLATE 4: Basic Incident Deployment Checklists
................................................................................. 14
SECTION II: Mass Care Coordination Toolkit
........................................................................................ 19
Introduction to the Coordination Planning Toolkit
.................................................................................... 19
High School Football Game
.................................................................................................................. 20
Residential Medical Facility Evacuation
................................................................................................ 22
County Fair
.......................................................................................................................................... 25
Marathon or Similar Running Events
................................................................................................... 27
Weather-Related Disaster Declaration
................................................................................................... 29
Large College Sporting Event
................................................................................................................ 31
Political Assembly
................................................................................................................................ 34
Auto Racing/Competition
..................................................................................................................... 36
Cancer Walk
......................................................................................................................................... 38
SECTION III: Case Studies in Mass Incident Deployment
...................................................................... 41
Case 1: 2010 Bus Crash in Hartford, CT
.................................................................................................... 41
Case 2: 2005 F3 Tornado in Marshall County, KY
..................................................................................... 43
Case 3: 2010 Veterans Administration Hospital Evacuation, Lebanon, PA
.................................................. 46
Case 4: 2008 Imperial Sugar Dixie Crystal Plant Fire, Port Wentworth, GA
.............................................. 49
Case 5: 2006 Woodward Dream Cruise, Berkley, MI
................................................................................. 52
Case 6: 2010 Ironman Triathlon Event, St. George, UT
............................................................................. 55
Case 7: 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA
..................................................................... 57
Case 8: Annual Creation Music Festival, Mount Union, PA
........................................................................ 60
SECTION IV: Policy Guidance for Mass Casualty Contingency Planning at Mass Gathering Events
..... 63
Introduction
............................................................................................................................................... 63
Relationship of Event Command to Responding Resources
........................................................................ 67
Communications
........................................................................................................................................ 68
Expanded Scope/Emerging Mass Casualty Incident Management Considerations
....................................... 68
Mass Casualty Incident Planning Checklist
................................................................................................. 71
Incident Action Plan Safety and Risk Analysis, ICS Form 215A
................................................................... 73
SECTION V: Policy Guidance for Emergency Medical Services Aspects of Mass Shelter and Feeding ....75
Emergency Medical Services Participation in Mass Shelter and Feeding ..................................................... 75
Key Functional Roles and Tasks
............................................................................................................ 76
SECTION VI: Local Mutual Aid
............................................................................................................... 81
TEMPLATE: Local, Regional, and State Mutual Aid
.................................................................................... 81
TEMPLATE: Inter-Local Government Agreement–Mutual Aid
................................................................... 83
ANNEX I: Sample Mutual Aid Agreements
............................................................................................. 89
EXAMPLE: Single County Mutual Aid Agreement
...................................................................................... 89
EXAMPLE: Single State Mutual Aid Compact
............................................................................................. 93