Federal USAR Response To Disasters Amid the COVID-19 Era

What do we do to manage evacuees, patients, and responders in the coming Hurricane season, during west-coast wild fires, midwest floods, or any disaster? This week we talk about how the U.S. Federal and state disaster response teams are adjusting their plans to address handling the COVID crisis in the middle of disaster events.

FEMA has released their guidance on disaster response for the pending Hurricane season during the COVID-19 era. The guide provides actions emergency managers and public officials can take to prepare for response and recovery operations during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response efforts. Specifically, the guidance:

Describes anticipated challenges to disaster operations posed by COVID-19;
Highlights planning considerations for emergency managers based on current challenges;
Outlines how FEMA plans to adapt response and recovery operations;
Creates a shared understanding of expectations between FEMA and emergency mangers; and,
Includes guidance, checklists and resources to support emergency managers response and recovery planning.

On the show were Dr. Joe Holley and meteorologist Kyle Nelson, along with co-hosts Sam Bradley, and Jamie Davis.

Join the Discussion

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Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.