Leah C. Dorman, DVMDirector of Food Programs

Center for Food & Animal IssuesOhio Farm Bureau

Animal Health Emergency

TAC

Ohio Veterinary Emergency Responders An all hazards approach to animal emergency

response Voluntary group – OVER 950 signed up!!!

Veterinarians Veterinary students Animal health technicians Extension agents Producers Laypeople

Six states plus Ohio

To develop a group of TRAINED individuals prepared to respond to ANIMAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES in the State of Ohio.

Fill out application Don’t forget to give driver’s license

number & sign application ICS 100 course required for orientation

Online at fema.gov OR www.agriculture.utk.edu/vetmed/transition/

I-700 recommended (NIMS training) See above websites

Attend an OVER orientation & get badge Always welcome to attend any/all OVER

trainings, regardless of whether an orientation has been attended

Charges the Ohio Community Service Council with duties related to volunteers, including establishing a statewide system for volunteers and assisting political subdivisions with implementing that system.

Permits the Ohio Community Service Council to accept and administer grants from any source to carry out its functions.

Defines "registered volunteer" and creates an exemption from liability for registered volunteers in specified situations.

Establishes which information related to volunteers is a public record and which information is a security record not subject to public disclosure.

Requires the Director of Health to establish a system of volunteers as advisable and reasonably necessary to respond in an emergency involving the public's health.

B) A registered volunteer is not liable in damages to any person or government entity in tort or other civil action, including an action upon a medical, dental, chiropractic, optometric, or other health-related claim or veterinary claim, for injury, death, or loss to person or property that may arise from an act or omission of that volunteer. This division applies to a registered volunteer while providing services within the scope of the volunteer's responsibilities during an emergency declared by the state or political subdivision or in disaster-related exercises, testing, or other training activities, if the volunteer's act or omission does not constitute willful or wanton misconduct.

NOTE: Healthcare professional must have completed a training where credentialing was completed [review driver’s license and professional license wallet card] and must be registered on the database.

Credentialing body for animal response

Backfill for State of Ohio Regional Animal Response Teams

Definition: anything that provides the basis for confidence, belief, credit; evidence of authority, status, rights or entitlement to privileges or the like, usually in written form (Random House College Dictionary)

Allows proper identification of first responder personnel and task assignment based on qualifications and experience

Ensures that personnel responding have been properly trained and are qualified to operate in those positions

Provides uniform certification programs allowing first responders to provide mutual aid nationwide

Can be used as a method to screen individuals entering the scene for proper qualifications and training

Best done BEFORE the incident A way of resource typing

-Who are you? – ID badge-What training have you had? – database

Quality assurance

MISSION The mission of the AHE TAC is to

coordinate an all hazards approach to emergency management activities for incidents that could result in a disruption affecting animals, (including but not limited to livestock, domestic, captive, companion and wild animals) and/or endanger the food supply, livestock industry, public health, or domestic and international trade.

Ohio Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry– *lead

United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services

The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine The Ohio State University, Extension United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant

Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Ohio Department of Health Ohio Veterinary Medical Association Ohio Veterinary Medical Licensing Board Ohio Emergency Management Agency Ohio Livestock Coalition - industry Ohio Department of Homeland Security County Emergency Management Agencies –

Holmes,Wayne,Henry Regional Animal Response Teams (CART, DART, etc.)

The TAC Goals are: Conduct needs assessment Prioritize needs Develop response and operational

procedures Conduct equipment inventory of the

planning region and state as a whole Develop training standards Identify logistical needs and support Assist each region in meeting this

equipment, training and operational needs and standards.

MissionCoordinate and respond to an all hazards

incident Utilization

Animal Disease IncidentNatural DisasterMan-Made Event Incidents of any size and type, involving

animals Operational guidance document

A work in progress

Local incident County Emergency Management Agency Other local officials – sheriff, fire, police, etc.

Regional or State incident Ohio Dept. of Agriculture Ohio Emergency Management Agency Backfill for Ohio Regional Animal Response

Teams Medical Reserve Corps activation of

individual members Team activation through ODA or OEMA

**IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION

MOST important – HUMAN safety Teams will take initial direction from IC Must have clearance

To enter property (legal)That environment is safe

No operation of watercraft Proper equipment – species appropriate PPE

Must be registered with OVER Attend OVER or OMRC/OCCC training

ORC 121.404

Exercises coordinated with OEMA Additional training coordinated with OVER

For credentialing purposes Required training for all ORART members

IS 700 – National Incident Management System

IS 800 – National Response Framework ICS 100 – Intro to Incident Command System ICS 200 – ICS for Single Resources & Initial

Action Incidents Online water safety course

Only required for search & rescue

Team leader ICS 300 – Intermediate ICS for Expanding

Incidents ICS 400 – Advanced ICS Command &

General Staff for Complex Incidents

Team leader notifies the OEMA duty officerNature of emergencyLocation of emergencyPoint of contact and contact number(s)Additional resource requirement needs Initial needs assessment for the Team

OEMA duty officer will contact OVER coordinatorAllows them to be prepared for potential

backfill of Team

ContainsNames of Team membersTeam activation point(s) of contact &

contact # Must be kept current Provided to OVER coordinator, OEMA

field operations annually

Options must be researched by AHE-TAC in an annual meeting

When funding is identifiedAuthorized equipment list (OEMA)Administration of funding through County

EMA

Requests will be submitted through the serviced county

ALWAYS keep track of ALL expensesMileageTimeHotelFoodEtc.

OEMA will provide a course on reimbursement documentation

MISSION To disseminate animal emergency

preparedness information in Ohio to protect animal & human health & safety and to facilitate a local animal emergency response plan.

GOALS Get at least one veterinarian in each

county to be part of county planning for animals in disaster.

Make template for animal emergency response plan or keep a library of plans.

Facilitate or conduct training

National counterpart to OVER Voluntary Periodic training When activated/deployed will be paid as

temporary USDA employees Can say “NO” to deployment for both

NAHERC and OVER and still be members

Farm Bureau structure

87 county FB 35 county

offices Organization

directors (35) Regional

Supervisors (4)

235,000 members

Coordination of federal, state, local volunteer initiatives

Training Funding Credentialing ID Emergency Management Assistance

Compact {EMAC} issues Sustainment

• Pair OVER members with Regional ART’s

•Regional OVER training?