Chain of Events in an Emergency & Responsibilities in a Disaster

1. Chain of Events in an Emergency & Responsibilities in a Disaster

2. Terminal Learning Objective: The participant will discuss concept of R-A-I-N in dealing with agricultural incidents, list who should be contacted in an agricultural emergency, increase knowledge of chain of events that occur when an agricultural incident is reported, identify appropriate responses to a foreign animal or plant disease outbreak, describe how the incident command system could function in an outbreak, outline tasks necessary to prepare your local community to handle an agriculture and food emergency. Enabling Learning Objectives: 1.1 Discuss concept of R-A-I-N in dealing with agricultural incidents. 1.2 List who should be contacted in an agricultural emergency. 1.3 Increase knowledge of chain of events that occur when an agricultural incident is reported. 1.4 Identify appropriate responses to a foreign animal or plant disease outbreak. 1.5 Describe how the incident command system could function in an outbreak. 1.6 Outline tasks necessary to prepare your local community to handle an agriculture and food emergency. Slide 1-A

3. Objectives for Participants • To review the concept of R-A-I-N in dealing with agricultural incidents • To determine who should be contacted in an agricultural emergency • To become familiar with the chain of events that occur when an agricultural incident is reported • To review appropriate responses to a foreign animal or plant disease outbreak Slide 2

4. Objectives for Participants • To become familiar with how the incident command system could function in an outbreak • To begin thinking about how prepared your local community is to handle an agriculture and food emergency Slide 3

5. Initiation of Chain of Events • All emergencies begin at the local level • Starts when one person notices something unusual and TAKES ACTION • Rapid detection and notification is critical • Alert passed on to local, state or federal officials Slide 4

6. At the local level • Recognize • Avoid • Isolate • Notify R-A-I-N Slide 5

7. What happens next? • Depends on type of hazard • If FAD or FPD suspected, state and federal officials operate joint command • If also agroterror event, law enforcement in charge of crisis management and other agencies manage consequences Slide 6

8. Chain of Events • Local resources used and overwhelmed • Assistance requested from state government • State resources provided – usual and customary • Governor declares a state of emergency – all state resources • State resources overwhelmed • Assistance requested from federal government • Federal resources provided – usual and customary • Secretary of Agriculture extraordinary emergency declaration with FAD or FPD • President declares state of disaster - all federal resources Slide 7

9. Exceptions • Certain steps may be circumvented to expedite response For example: FAD outbreak immediately results in federal involvement with request for Secretary of Agriculture to declare extraordinary emergency Slide 8

10. Special Declarations • State • Governor Declaration • State of Emergency – public health, public safety • U.S. Dept of Agriculture • Secretary of Agriculture Extraordinary Emergency • Example: FAD or FPD • U.S. Dept of Homeland Security, FEMA • Presidential Disaster Declaration • State monetary losses reach $1 per capita, or • Mass casualties or mass fatalities, or • To save life and property Slide 9

11. Response to a Foreign Animal Disease • Quarantine • Depopulation • Disposal • Cleaning & Disinfecting • Ring vaccination • Repopulation Slide 10

12. Dispatch Foreign Animal Disease Diagnosticians Slide 11

13. Georgia State Operations Center (SOC) Request Governor to Declare Emergency Activate State Resources Slide 12

14. Rule Out Agroterrorism FBI Assumes FAD is Agroterror until determined otherwise 1st Crisis Management FBI/GBI Lead Agencies 2nd Consequence Management GEMA GDA SARTS Support Agencies Slide 13

15. Response to a Foreign Plant Disease • Destroy infected plants, followed by moratorium period • Switch to non-host crop • Apply herbicides to destroy alternate hosts • Apply insecticides to kill insect vectors • Apply pesticides to plants/soil to inhibit or kill the pathogen • Develop long-term control measures to manage disease • Increase monitoring Slide 14

16. Incident Command System - FAD Slide 15

17. State Agriculture Response Team(s) State Agriculture Response Teams 8 GEMA Areas Slide 16

18. Next Steps How prepared is your county to handle an agriculture or food emergency? Slide 17

19. For Activities 5,6, 7 and 8 Slide 18

20. Reference List For More Information See Your Textbooks – • Protecting Georgia’s Agriculture and Food – Agrosecurity. Chapters 2, 3 and 4. • Protecting America’s Agriculture and Food – Agrosecurity. Chapter 5. Slide 19