| Strategy | Action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1 Review the earthquake response component of the statewide integrated emergency management system. | Develop an integrated emergency management system at all levels of government and the private sector to protect life, health, property and the environment following an earthquake event. | Improved emergency response through more effective utilization of resources and personnel. |
| 3.2 Promote community emergency response teams (CERTs) statewide. | Train volunteer community emergency response teams statewide. | Reduction of life, property and environmental loss by providing more immediate response in a disaster. |
| 3.3 Support the formation, training and funding of Urban Search and Rescue Teams within the State of Missouri. | Train and organize specialty teams designed for intense search and rescue to augment local fire departments during major emergencies. | Reduction of loss of life by mobilizing and deploying Urban Search and Rescue task forces with a significant capability for disaster response. |
| 3.4 Promote development of emergency response plans at the State and local levels utilizing the Incident Command System. | Develop comprehensive emergency response plans at State and local levels and test plans through exercises with first responders. | Reduction of life, property and environmental losses by providing training and education for all first responders in a natural disaster. |
| 3.5 Promote the selection and training of qualified local emergency response directors and their personnel. | Establish minimum job qualifications for local emergency response directors and develop programs for these directors and their personnel. | Emergency response managers and personnel are trained and prepared to respond to an earthquake or other natural disaster. |
| 3.6 Evaluate mass care exercise and training programs for local emergency management and volunteer agencies who respond to disasters. | Evaluate and promote coordination of current multi-agency training and exercise programs under conditions expected after earthquakes, specifically between local emergency management and voluntary agencies. Promote identification of agency mass care roles and responsibilities in the event of a major disaster. | Local emergency management and voluntary agencies will know their mass care roles and responsibilities in a disaster and will coordinate responses. |
| 3.7 Expand and promote training in disaster mortuary and identify potential temporary mortuary sites in major population centers. | Continue recruitment and training of the Missouri Funeral Directors Disaster Response Team (MFDADRT) and for mortuary personnel to be trained as Disaster Mortuary Coordinators for Mortuary Services. Support pre-disaster identification of temporary mortuary sites which can be accessed immediately in major population centers and/or in each of MFDA districts. | Trained personnel will be available to establish the means and methods for the most reasonable and proper care and handling of the dead in multi-death, earthquake disaster situations, and in the event of mass casualties. Potential use areas such as mortuaries, cemeteries and National Guard Armories are pre- identified in major population centers to be used as temporary morgue sites. |
| 3.8 Enhance communication capability and coordination for emergency response between State and local governments and private groups. | Develop viable alternative means of communications between State and local government entities and volunteer organizations. | Emergency responders will have viable alternative means of communication in order to coordinate response during an earthquake emergency. |
| 3.9 Enhance ability of emergency response personnel, materials and equipment to reach affected areas. | Identify and upgrade key transportation routes (roads, air, rail and water) to areas with a high risk of damage in the event of a major earthquake. | Reduction of life, property and environmental losses and enhancement of the recovery process. |
| 3.10 Promote mutual aid agreements between political subdivisions at local and State levels | Support and encourage the establishment of mutual aid agreements. | Mutual aid agreements will be established at the local and State levels. |
| 3.11 Promote development of effective, coordinated response plans for utilities. | Assess and mitigate earthquake risks and damage to utilities. | Utility lifelines will continue to function or can be rapidly repaired after an earthquake. |
| 3.12 Develop the capability to respond to multiple hazardous materials incidents. | Determine the potential for hazardous material incidents following an earthquake and develop the necessary emergency response capability. | Improved response to and recovery from hazardous material release after earthquakes. |
Last Changed 04/29/97