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Gaps and Useful Practices Useful Practices in Staffing

Gaps and Useful Practices Useful Practices in Staffing. John A. Williamson Administrator Environmental Radiation Programs March 23, 2011. Many tasks, limited personnel resources. FDOH BRC has 80 technical personnel deployed to: SEOC 6 personnel County EOC 6 personnel

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Gaps and Useful Practices Useful Practices in Staffing

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  1. Gaps and Useful PracticesUseful Practices in Staffing John A. Williamson Administrator Environmental Radiation Programs March 23, 2011

  2. Many tasks, limited personnel resources • FDOH BRC has 80 technical personnel deployed to: • SEOC 6 personnel • County EOC 6 personnel • Mobile Lab 21 personnel • Field Teams 23 personnel • Incident Command Facility 24 personnel • Available for public monitoring -0- personnel

  3. Volunteers? • Post Hurricane Andrew ‘92 - Florida requires volunteers to register – unregistered (spontaneous) volunteers will not be used in emergencies • Registration allows the state to assure that volunteers are qualified • Registration allows the state to assure that only those needed will be called • Registered volunteers are covered by state liability insurance and good Samaritan laws • But what type of volunteers should we be recruiting? And how? • Training needs?

  4. Volunteers! • >22K certified radiographers, xray techs, medical health physicists, nuclear med techs, radiation therapists form a large potential pool of volunteers • Many other industrial, governmental and academic HP’s and RSO’s • Already trained in basic rad safety • Many with experience in personnel decon • Use Medical Reserve Corps to set up a subset: Radiation Response Volunteer Corps • Outreach to FL Chapters of HPS, AAPM, FL NMT Society, FL Society of Rad Techs • Start Registering Volunteers!

  5. Volunteer Training • Use local MRC regions to set up training (CDC-CRCPD grant funded) • Use Training staff of BRC to develop curriculum (4 hour didactic/3 hr hands on) • Hands on uses equipment • Use Training staff and Professional staff to present training to MRCs • To Date: 320+ personnel trained

  6. Volunteer Training • CDC Preparedness Grant • 1.5 Day Radiation Emergency Medicine provided by REAC/TS • 12 sessions in 2010,6 in 2011 • Courses in all areas of the state • Included presentation on MRC volunteer program • 342 personnel trained in 2010

  7. Volunteer Training • CDC Preparedness Grant • 35 education stipends provided for 3.5 day Radiation Emergency Medicine Course in Oak Ridge • 15 education stipends provided for 4.5 day Health Physics in Radiation Accidents course in Oak Ridge • 50 education stipends provided for 8 hour Internal Dose Assessment course in Orlando • Included copy of NCRP 161 • Presentations by Nolan Hertel of Ga Tech, Wes Bolch of UF, REAC/TS

  8. Questions? John Williamson Administrator, Environmental Radiation Programs Bureau of Radiation Control Florida Department of Health 407-297-2096 John_Williamson@doh.state.fl.us http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/radiation/index.html

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