EMERGENCY PLANNING PROCESSES AND RESPONSE MECHANISMS

Pornpitak Panlar

Director of Division of Disease Control in Emergency Situation

Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

The simulation exercise, training, information sharing, preparedness in normal and emergency in the international Health (Point of Entry), the guideline have been done.

Public health experts involved in emergency response linked to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). The BIOTEC is the national focal point and coordinate with the BWC to report the biological threats situations or appeal to State Party for supporting.

MOPH prepared the sufficient and qualified Designated Receiving Area (DRA) for laboratory diagnosis and medical practice in the hospital.

Thailand has implemented measures for public health emergencies and security under multi-sector collaboration.

The legal requirements, policies, strategies, plans, orders, documents between Public health, security authorities and related units have been provided.

BACKGROUND AND

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

National Security

Office of the National Security Council

Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative

Royal Thai Police

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of foreign Affairs

Ministry of Interior

Ministry of National Resources and Environment

Ministry of Public Health

National Intelligence Agency

The related legal requirements

Strategies/plans

Orders Other related documents

Co-operation from all sectors in national,

regional and provincial level

National Preparedness Strategy

B.E. 2557 - 2561 (2014 - 2018)

National Disaster Risk

Management Plan B.E. 2558 (2015)

National Strategic Plan for

Emerging Infectious Disease

Preparedness, Prevention, and

Response

B.E. 2560 - 2564 (2017 - 2021)

Co-operation from all sectors in national, regional and provincial level comes under the purview of

etc.

Strategies/plans

Animal Epidemic Diseases Act B.E. 2558

etc.

The related legal requirements

Animal Pathogen and Toxin Act B.E. 2558

Criminal Penal Code

Amendment Act Communicable

Disease

Act B.E. 2558 (2015)

Sub-Committee on Co-operation for the Prevention and Resolving Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

(chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear)

The Working Group on Biological Weapon; Department of Disease Control (EIDs)

and the National Security Council are Secretaries and Points of Contact

Working Group on Simulation Exercise for Emergency Response on Biological Threat

Appointment of the Biological Weapons Convention Coordinating Committee

Orders

In late 2016, Thailand carried out a table-top exercise for biological threat incident using the “Guideline for Responding to Biological Threat” prepared by MoPH in order to test, inter alia, national emergency response, information sharing and legal aspect of managing the incident.

Guideline for Responding to Biological Threat

1. Developing Multi-purpose UAV project for medical transportation

2. Research and development the Personal Protective Equipment level A for prevent toxins

3. Research and development project to increase the efficiency of the chemical sorbent pads

4. Research and development project of the tent prevention toxins

5. Research and development project of the bag for transfer deadly chemical and dangerous communicable disease contactor

6. Research and development incident command system in toxic, diseases and Radioactivity

7. Developing the satisfaction evaluation of stakeholder project by using QR – Code

NOSE PAYLOAD

AVIONICS FUEL TANK

AFT

incident command system in toxic, diseases and Radioactivity

Airborne

Sensors UGVs Mobile Team

Wireless Wireless

Wireless Wireless

LABORATORY

Information Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

Ramathibodi Poison Center

Department of Medical Sciences And Regional Medical Sciences Center 1-12

The annual CMEX or Crisis Management Exercise has

been done in order to enhance emergency response

readiness under the scenarios of various threats.

Exercise

Public health and security units are engaged

The table-top exercise for emergency response on

biological threat: suspected letter contained biological weapon (possible Anthrax powder) was

arranged in September 2016.

The exercise for Emergency response at

point of entry has been arranged every year.

THE TABLE-TOP EXERCISE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE ON BIOLOGICAL THREAT: SUSPECTED LETTER CONTAINED BIOLOGICAL WEAPON

(THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM 15 UNITS)

NATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE (C-MEX)

DRILL EXERCISE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR (CBRN)

Risk communication

There is the national operational structure in case of threats or disasters.

Sources from the website of the Department of

Disease Control are accessible all the time.

The collection of information on the internal and international security situation. Information

Sharing and Communication

The mechanisms of the cooperation

between some units, the role and

laws of each unit.

The training and communication on the

related legal requirement, plans, orders

and others documents to related units and

hold the exercise.

The national action plan for

emergency response on

biological threat must be

provided.

The national information

system by integrated with related units.

Linking Public Health and Security

Authorities

1 2

4 3

Public Health

and

Security

1

4

2

3

5

Expansion the

exercise for

emergency in

national level with

more details

The national action plan on

biological threat. A guideline for

prevention the

proliferation of

weapon of mass

destruction

Public Health and security

authorities exchange

reports and information on

events of joint concern at

all levels

The training on biological

threat issues,

implementation for

preparedness and

response