Butte County Public Health Department Operation Center DOC

Butte County Public Health Department Operation Center (DOC) Training

Introduction and Background 8 Recent DOC Activations: Measles Camp Fire Carr Fire October 2017 Fire Complex Ponderosa Fire Wall Fire February 2017 Floods Oroville Spillway *+ Several monitoring activations* This is NOT a Hot Wash

Public Health’s Roles and Responsibilities

Public Health’s Role in an Emergency Response Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 Public Health and Medical Services Environmental Health Medical Care in Shelters Food Safety in Shelters Epidemiological Surveillance Infection Control in Shelters

Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator (MHOAC) The MHOAC is a Program not a single person. Draft Version: MHOAC Manual MHOAC 17 24/7 Contact: Dr. Miller, Jessica Driskill, Scott Tucker MHOAC Functions including LEMSA, Environmental Health and Behavioral Health.

Activation Triggers for DOC When an Emergency Response requires coordination and support for health or medical services at the operational area level Potential Triggers 1. Program or Division has exhausted all resources on a response 2. Evacuation Orders 3. Local Hospital or Healthcare facility evacuation 4. Shelter activation

DOC Levels of Activation 1. SURVEILLANCE The incident or event can be effectively managed by day-to-day operations. 2. PARTIAL ACTIVATION Incident management complexity is increased and staffing of the DOC is warranted to provide adequate support for field operations, local healthcare provider operations, local/OA EOC operations, or RDMHS resource requests. 3. FULL ACTIVATION Incidents are of such magnitude that coordination of the response(s) at the scene or another location is not possible.

Staff Roles and Responsibilities

Public Employee Disaster Service Worker Status Disaster Service Workers California Government Code Section 3100 -3109 It is hereby declared that the protection of the health and safety and preservation of the lives and property of the people of the state from the e�ects of natural, man-made, or war-caused emergencies which result in conditions of disaster or extreme peril to life, property, and resources is of paramount state importance. . . in protection of its citizens and resources, all public employees are hereby declared to be disaster service workers. . . All disaster service workers shall, before they enter upon the duties of their employment, take and subscribe to the oath or a�rmation. . .

Alerting Systems and Public Information

Alerting Systems CAHAN Code. RED Whats. App Flash Reports to Partners, Staff, RDMHS

Public Information During Emergency PIO & Media

PIO mission in the: • • • Department Operations Center (DOC) County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Joint Information Center (JIC) The public information mission during an incident is to get accurate, understandable information to the public in a timely manner so people can take action to save lives and minimize damage to property.

PIO’s place in the DOC/EOC

PIO role in a DOC/EOC/JIC ü ü ü Attend briefings Monitor news media Monitor social media Collect, verify & disseminate info Draft press releases Draft SME talking points Update website Serve as information liaison to EOC/JIC Coordinate with other PIOs Provide media interviews Conduct or speak at press conferences

Responding to Media • • Media prompted by press release Media prompted by rumors Media calls PIO directly Media calls EOC media line Media shows up at ICP or EOC Media shows up at shelter locations (human or animal) Media attends press briefings ALWAYS connect media with PIO or designee for interview.

Press Conference News Interview Community Meeting

What is a JIC? A place, virtual or physical, for Public Information Officer’s (PIO) to gather, verify, coordinate and disseminate information during an emergency.

Purpose of JIC • • A PIOs job is to get the RIGHT info to the RIGHT people at the RIGHT time so they can make the RIGHT decisions A JIC can help PIOs do that during an emergency.

PIO Schedule during Camp Fire • • 7: 00 am – Cal Fire Briefing 8: 00 am – Re-population meeting 8: 45 am – PIO planning meeting 10: 00 am – Cooperators meeting • Message creation & media… • • • 6: 00 pm – Press Conference 7: 30 pm – Community Meeting 9: 30 pm – Home?

DOC INTIAL ACTIVATION

Healthcare Facility Evacuations Healthcare Facility is responsible for their evacuations Public Health responds as a MHOAC Status of Healthcare Facilities to direct resources Include Ambulance Strike Teams (ASTs)

Shelter Activations Shelter Assessment Team Shelter Scheduling (Nurse, Clinicians, Logistics) Nurse Shelter Go-Boxes

BREAK Please come back in 10 minutes

RESOURCES

Obtain Local Resources Personnel County DSWs Disaster Healthcare Volunteers (DHV) Hospital Preparedness Partners Spontaneous Volunteers Supplies Emergency Preparedness Supplies/ Cache Resource Requests to EOC Hospital Preparedness Partners Emergency Resource Directory (In Progress) *

Mutual Aid Region Map Butte County is in Region III RDMHS is Patti Carter Sierra-Sac Valley (SSV) EMS is Butte County’s LEMSA.

Regional Resources

REQUEST Two Shelter Locations: Oroville Nazarene Church and Silver Dollar Fairgrounds Clinician 1 per shift, per shelter Nurse 1 per shift, per shelter Shifts: 0700 - 1530, 1500 - 2330, 2300 - 0730

State and Federal Entities Emergency Medical System Authority (EMSA) (Disaster Healthcare Volunteers (DHV) Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) California Medical Assistance Team (Cal. MAT) American Red Cross (ARC) California Department of Emergency Service Cal. OES State Operation Center (SOC) Regional Operation Center (REOC) California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Social Service (CDSS) & General Services (CDGS) National Guard Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

DOCUMENTATION

DOC File Folder Access q DOC Folder Access to all Public Health Staff q Guest Log-in for Mutual Aid or Volunteers q DOC Phone (530)538 -7699

Documentation ü ICS 214 ü ü Operational Period Incident Action Plan ü ICS 202 ü ICS 205/207 ü Supply Request (Internal & EOC) ü ICS 213 General Message Form