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Who’s in Charge:Communication and Coordination in an Agriculture or Food Emergency
June 21, 2007 Dave Filson, Penn State University
Abigail Borron, Purdue University
The Importance of Food SafetyEDEN Survey
UrgentDrinking water security 78%
Food security 64%Individual’s role 57%
Government’s role 55%Animal biosecurity 50%Personal security 48%Farm security 45%
Financial security 42%Plant/crop biosecurity 37%
EDEN: Homeland SecurityHow likely do you think it is that an agricultural, food, or water bioterrorist attack will take place somewhere in the USA?
•Likely to Very Likely – 86%
•Unlikely to Very Unlikely – 14%
EDEN: Homeland Security
How likely do you think it is that an agricultural, food, or water bioterrorist attack will take place in your county?
•Likely to very likely – 22%
•Unlikely to very unlikely – 78%
Recent U.S. Disasters: Cost Estimates
2005 Hurricane Katrina/Rita $140 B1980 Drought $104 B1988 Drought $ 92 B2001 September 11 $ 44 B1992 Hurricane Andrew $ 45 B1993 Midwest Flooding $ 31 B1989 Hurricane Hugo $ 19 B
Disaster Cost estimates are difficult to acquire and vary by source. Estimates in 2005 dollars.
Foot and Mouth Disease
Great Britain costs
$32 Billion
U.S. Estimates
$24 to $140 Billion
Emergency Issues
An emergency is a situation
where the community can
resolve the problem with . . .
their own resources.
Disaster Issues
A disaster is a situation that
overwhelms a community's
ability to respond and recover
with existing resources.
Day-to-Day Incidents
On a day-to-day basis, incidents happen --
they are investigated, solved, or
determined not to be a threat.
For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryFebruary 3, 2004
Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-9 Subject: Defense of United States Agriculture and FoodJanuary 30, 2004
Purpose (1) This directive establishes a national policy to defend the
agriculture and food system against terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies.
Background (2) The United States agriculture and food systems are vulnerable to
disease, pest, or poisonous agents that occur naturally, are unintentionally introduced, or are intentionally delivered by acts of terrorism. Americas agriculture and food system is an extensive, open, interconnected, diverse, and complex structure providing potential targets for terrorist attacks. We should provide the best protection possible against a successful attack on the United States agriculture and food system, which could have catastrophic health and economic effects.
Emergency Support Function
Mitigation: Plant or Animal CareMitigation Task Resource SOP Citation1. Identify potentialhazard vulnerabilities,and severity. Includepopulation densities.
CoEMA
2. Identify animalpopulations of variousspecies.
CoACCARCDNRPUCESBOAH
•Prevention
•Mitigation
•Preparedness
•Response
•Recovery
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan:
Interagency Communications
Interagency Communications in food or agriculture
emergencies and disasters
Action starts with detection!• Public safety• Economic safety
High Suspect Plant Information Flow
Regional NPDN DiagnosticLaboratory
First Detector:County Extension
Crop Advisers
Land Grant University
Plant DiagnosticLaboratory
Local StateDepartment of
Agriculture
USDA:NAPISAPHIS
Mitigation / ActionContainment and/or
Eradication
The silo philosophy
AG HEALTH EM HS
AG HEALTH EM HS
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Various Risks
Spinach and Escherichia coli O157:H7
As of 1 PM (ET) October 6, 2006, Friday, 199 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported to CDC from 26 states.Among the ill persons, 102 (51%) were hospitalized. Three deaths in confirmed cases have been associated with the outbreak.Economic costs: $308 million
Peanut Butter
As of May 22, 2007, a total of 628 persons infected with an outbreak strain of Salmonella serotype Tennessee had been reported from 47 states since August 1, 2006. Local and state public health officials in multiple states, with assistance from CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are continuing to investigate this outbreak caused by peanut butter, a new food source for salmonellosis in the United States. All remaining jars of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter with a product code beginning with 2111 should be discarded.
Successes
The food and agriculture sector has been very successful, dating back to the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.
National Animal Health Laboratory NetworkCSREES Funding Distribution
Laboratories
CORE NAHLN Laboratories
Member NAHLN laboratories
Davis
Pullman
Albuquerque
Laramie
Ft. Collins
Manhattan
Ames
College
Station
Lansing
Athens
Brookings
St. Paul
Madison
Reynoldsburg
Kissimmee
Ithaca
Logan
Harrisburg
Jackson
Raleigh
Baton
Rouge
Tucson
Frankfort
Hopkinsville
Corvallis
USDA Program ManagementUSDA Program ManagementAPHIS: Dr. Barbara MartinAPHIS: Dr. Barbara MartinCSREES: Dr. Mark RobinsonCSREES: Dr. Mark Robinson
Lincoln Trenton
PurdueGeorgetown
Western Plant Diagnostic NetworkUniversity of California, Davis
Great Plains Diagnostic Network
Kansas State University
Southern Plant Diagnostic NetworkUniversity of Florida
North Central Plant Diagnostic Network
Michigan State University
North Eastern Plant Diagnostic NetworkCornell University
National AgriculturalPest Information System
Purdue University
National Plant Diagnostic NetworkNational Plant Diagnostic Network
Alaska, Hawaiiand Pacific Territories
PR
Challenges
• Action starts with detection.• County-state-federal entities make
communication more complex.• Silos impede communication
between agencies at all levels.• Cautions to prevent “panic or
scares” impede free-flow of information.
Challenges
• Emergency managers must understand food and ag.
• Agriculture must understand emergency management.
• ICS, NIMS and NRP help• County Comprehensive
Emergency Management Plans lack substance.
Challenges
• Complexity of the system
• Individual and agency abilities
• Understanding NRP-NIMS and CEMP
Solutions
• Accept there will never be zero.• Collect and share lessons learned• Bring back real life incidents; lessons
are often lost and/or not acted upon.• Analyze accountability and resource
allocation.• Remove barriers for internal and inter-
agency communication.
Solutions
• Improve interagency communications at the lowest level.
• Provide stop-gap measures. Find and address the weak spots.
• Use existing networks. Bring all of the players together.
Solutions
Develop real-world expertise sources that merge research and field applications to develop new solutions.
“Plans are nothing;
planning is everything.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thanks to:
Kavita M Berger, PhD
Senior Program Associate
and the
David Filson
Penn State Cooperative Extension Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator
401 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-6424 Email: [email protected]
Abigail Borron
Purdue University EDEN Communication Specialist
Department of Ag Communications615 West State Street Rm 211
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765-494-4390 Email: [email protected]