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| Supervisors Hear Of Need For Mass Fatality Plan | |
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| Ell | Jun 2 2009, 06:30 PM Post #1 |
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Supervisors hear of need for mass fatality plan By CHEYENNE HARTY cheyenneharty@ddtonline.com Tuesday, June 2, 2009 11:26 AM CDT This is today's Delta Democrat Times front page. To read the page, as well as the entire paper, subscribe to the e-edition by clicking on tab above or the page near the bottom at left. GREENVILLE - Following the attacks of Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina, all levels of government have been preparing emergency response plans to save lives - perhaps with insufficient thought on how to deal with lives lost. Washington County is among those governments with no plan to deal with a mass fatality nor sufficient equipment for handling the dead, the county's coroner told the Washington County Board of Supervisors Monday. Washington County Coroner Methel Johnson said the need for such a plan and equipment has been made more apparent by disasters such as Sept. 11 and Katrina. “I spoke with someone whose job it was to search for the deceased after Sept. 11,” Johnson said. “She said skeletal remains are still being found, and that there are families who still have not received closure.” Lisa Bush, a member of the Mississippi Funeral Directors Association, cited the need to coordinate efforts among coroners, funeral homes, psychologists and law enforcement when dealing with mass fatalities. This coordination is necessary to deal with trauma of mass fatalities, the various religious beliefs of the deceased and their families and other such issues that require particular expertise. “We're thankful that we haven't had anything happen,” Bush said. “But we need to implement a plan in case something does happen.” In terms of Washington County's current capabilities, Johnson said the morgue at Delta Regional Medical Center has only four stalls to store bodies, and that there is need for portable refrigeration units, body bags and other such equipment if the area is to be prepared. Philip Chamblee, executive director of the association, said that Mississippi is currently working on a plan to address mass fatalities that would coordinate state and local resources. Supervisor Al Rankins, District 3, expressed concern that a separate mass fatality plan would be a little “like reinventing the wheel,” as the county already has an emergency response plan in place. Rankins directed Johnson, Chablee and Bush to Emergency Management Director David Buford so that the three could work on a plan that may be presented at a next board meeting. http://www.ddtonline.com/articles/2009/06/02/news/news1.txt |
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