2. Population Data 15 Counties Population Range: 2,171 (8.1/Sq. mi) to 89,206 (218.6/Sq. mi) Total Population: 239,058/7,460 Sq mi Population Density: 32.0/Sq. mi Landmarks: 3 Universities/Colleges 5 Correctional Facilities 1 Nuclear Plant across state lines **Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas boarders

3. 13 Local Public Health Departments 113 Full Time Employees 35 RNs 27 Part Time Employees Smallest Office: 3 employees Largest Office: 44 total employees

4.  Strengths  Strong Regional connections  Staff for PHEP  Weaknesses  Similar ICS Structure  Staff to fill the needed ICS positions  Leadership  Training  Mass Prophylaxis Planning  POD sites  POD Operational Staff What is the most likely Mass Prophylaxis Scenario?

5.  American Red Cross  Northwest Missouri Medial Reserve Corps  Region H Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition  Local Civic Groups  Local Faith Based Organizations

6.  Pre identify and train LPHA staff to move to a regional POD  Do one specific job, for which they have been trained

7.  Establish POD Command and General Staff across the region  Decrease the time for POD Just in Time Training  Improve Just In Time Training quality for spontaneous volunteers  Establish regional Incident Command Structure  Decrease the overall number of spontaneous volunteers  Improve staff training-providing confidence to preform tasks

8. Incident Commander Operations Section Planning Section Resource Unit Leader Region H POD Command Team Pick List Logistics SectionFin/Adm Section

9.  February 2014: POD Command Team Development Committee  Regional Incident Command System Adopted  March 2014:  Regional Job Action Sheets Adopted  Regional Inventory Accountability System Adopted

10. Incident Commander Operations Section Chief Medical Branch Triage Div. Dispensing Div. SNS Inventory Div. Epi/Surv. Div. Single Resources EMS Non Medical Support Branch Greeters Line Monitors Runners Exit Staff Security/Traffic Flow Branch Security Div. Traffi Flow Div. Planning Section Chief Resource Unit/Staging Area Situation Unit Demobilization Unit Decoumentation Unit Logisitcs Section Chief Servie Branch Communication Unit Food Unit Medical Unit Support Branch Supply Unit Facilitly Unit Fin/Adm. Section Chief Time Unit Procurement Unit Comp/Clain Unit Cost Unit PIO Safety Officer Liaison Officer

11.  February 2014: POD Command Team Development Committee  Regional Incident Command System Adopted  March 2014:  Regional Job Action Sheets Adopted  Regional Inventory Accountability System Adopted  Adm. begin the process of selecting staff for team

12.  Administrators provided:  Job Description for each ICS position  Sample tasks associated with position  Nominations of staff  Staff Assignments as a Committee  79 staff members were nominated and placed on the POD Command Team

13.  April 2014:  Assignment of Personnel  Regional Staging Area Process Adopted  Approval of 2014-2015 Training Plan

14.  Commit to one training day in 2014  Training by section  Job Action Sheets  ICS Forms  Job Specific Training  2015: Tabletop Exercise Training Calendar July 2014: Command/General Staff July 2014: Operations Section August 2014: Logistics Section September 2014: Finance/Adm. Section November 2014: Planning Section

15.  Section 1: Strategic National Stockpile Overview  Section 2: Incident Command System Overview  Section 3: POD Incident Command System Structure  Section 4: Section Training  Section 5: Position Training  Section 6: Staging Area--Just in Time Training  Section 7: POD View

16.  Foundational Information  Overall operational Information  Job Specific Focused Training  Goal: Produce very distinct set of well – trained, knowledgeable Subject Matter Experts (SME’s)

17.  Looking to fill final volunteer positions  Region H Health Care Coalition  American Red Cross  Tabletop  Full Scale Exercise

18. Lesley Schulte Public Health Emergency Response Planner schull1@lpha.mopublic.org 660-582-2690