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6/17/2015 Reno Air Races Responding to A Plane in the Stands Who we are: Christina Conti: Washoe County Health District Role in response: trainee MUL ; Director FAC Stacey Belt: Carson City Emergency Management Role
Reno Air Races Responding to “A Plane in the Stands”
– Role in response: trainee MUL; “Director” FAC
Management
– Role in response: Deputy Emergency Manager; PIO
The Reno Air Races
ground
50 – 100 patients seen EMS staffing levels:
County Demographics
Nearby Metro Areas
Mi.
County) – 455 Mi.
Mi.
– Evacuation, Mass Care, & Sheltering (3yrs) – Schools Planning (2 yrs) – Continuity of Operations (2 yrs) – Mass Fatality (2 yrs)
System (UVIS)
May 2011
– Full Scale Exercise – Passenger Plane Crash – 90+ Patients
May 2014
– Full Scale Exercise
2015 Family Assistance Center Exercises
Scale Exercise
Amtrak Crash
– May 2011
IHOP Shooting
– July 2011
Street Vibrations
– September 2011
Sparks Middle School
– October 2013
Moapa Flood
– September 2014
Large Scale Fires
– Caughlin Fire – Washoe Fire – Carpenter Fire
September 16, 2011
Weather:
breeze condition and no precipitation
Event:
attendance including 2000 local school kids on a field trip and 400 volunteers. 16:26 “MAYDAY” ANNOUNCE FROM TOWER
16:26 “MAYDAY” announced from the tower
16:26 “MAYDAY” ANNOUNCE FROM TOWER
16:27 Galloping Ghost crashes into box seats
16:26 “MAYDAY” ANNOUNCE FROM TOWER
16:27 Impact, debris travel across box seats and into spectators
16:26 “MAYDAY” ANNOUNCE FROM TOWER
16:28 “Request all available units”
16:26 “MAYDAY” ANNOUNCE FROM TOWER
16:27 MCI Declared
16:26 “MAYDAY” ANNOUNCE FROM TOWER
16:35 Initial Response
16:26 “MAYDAY” ANNOUNCE FROM TOWER
16:26 Impact site, North end of box seats
Transported
62 Minutes from time
transported
(partial EOC activation from Friday, September 16, 2011 through Wednesday, September 21, 2011)
– County/City Disaster Declaration – Nevada Emergency Management Assistance (NEMAC)
– September 17, 2011 4:30am
– “Incredible experience to land in Reno and be told there was a Family Assistance Center established, fully staffed, and in good condition. Looked like it had been done by people who had done a lot of FAC’s in the past.”
incident, a FAC serves as the single, authoritative source of information and services, providing a responsive and sensitive support system for those affected by the incident.
resolution to families
– TIP (Trauma Intervention) – ARC (Red Cross) – Salvation Army – MRC – CERT – Crisis Call Center/211
which impacted patient tracking
– All remains identified within 1 week – Douglas County Sheriff’s Office – Clark County Coroner’s Office – Contractor support – Medical Reserve Corps
– September 16, 2011 8:07pm request – Calls began immediately! – First time activating as a disaster call center – 35 volunteers, 24 paid staff
received –1400 missing persons reported –600 called back to report location
–650 entered into UVIS
Washoe County (78.0%) National (17.2%) Clark County (1.3%) Carson City County (1.1%) Lyon County (0.8%) International (0.7%) Douglas County (0.4%) Churchill County (0.2%) White Pine County (0.2%) Elko County (0.1%) Nye County (0.1%)
Incoming Calls by County
Command Service Support
Provide a supportive environment for Victims and Family Members as they deal with the stress and uncertainty of injury and death.
Functional Roles
Immediate
Volume of Media Requests
In addition to the press conferences held at the airfield by RARA and NTSB, the FAC completed 16 media interview between 11am Saturday morning and 7 am Monday morning
Center
ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH
Timely, Accurate, Consistent - How Family members and survivors are treated from the very beginning of an event will affect their long term recovery… and yours!
FAMILY MEMBERS deserve to know
Exercises
center proved to be immeasurable
partnerships were critical for FAC successes
FAC