Portable Digital Assistant for
First Responders to a Radiological Emergency
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Position and function
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Assigned to
Incident Commander (IC)
Resource coordinator
24-hour planning coordinator
On-scene controller(s)
Fire brigade:
Responder accountability
Search and rescue
Control and conventional hazards
Establishment of the safety perimeter
On-site triage and first aid until relieved
Responder contamination control
Public registration, monitoring and decontamination
Evacuation of inner cordon area
Emergency medical service (EMS):
On-site first aid and triage (relieve fire brigade)
Coordination with medical transport
Coordination with receiving hospitals
Establishment of a temporary morgue area
Ensure protection guidelines are followed by medical personnel
Law enforcement/security team:
Establishment of a security permimeter
Security at facilities/areas outside the security permieter:
Incident command post (ICP)
Receiving hospital
Staging area
Public information centre (PIC)
Security at public registration, monitoring/decontamination, triage/first aid areas and during transport to hospital
Management of evidence until relieved by FEMT
Forensic evidence management team (FEMT):
Establishment of strategy for scene examination and evidence recovery
Establishment of protocols for evidence management outside the scene (e.g. in hospitals)
Establishment/maintaining the forensic evidence management area
Management of evidence:
On the scene
Outside the scene (e.g. hospitals, morgues)
Public information officer (PIO)/team:
Preparation for immense media attention
Coordination of local and national response to inquires
Development of press releases
Establishment of public information centre (PIC)
First responder monitor / radiological assessor/team
(to support functions below)
:
Protection of first responders
Defining the inner cordoned area
Triage/first aid area
Public monitoring/decontamination area
Response contamination control area
Forensics evidence management team (FEMT)
Local receiving hospitals
Law enforcement/security team
Facility holding/processing suspects