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Saving Johnny Butler. SlidesTRANSCRIPT
Saving Johnny Butler:The Role of the SMORT and Family Assistance Center
In Mass Casualty Events(And How You Can Help!)
John R. Wible, General Counsel (Ret.)Alabama Department of Public Health
Director, Family Assistance CenterVolunteer Symposium 2014
SMORT
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This is the State – The Great State of
Alabama
And this is the County -
Cotton County
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This is the Coroner
• Coroner of Cotton County, Quincy Seben, III
• Day Job: Owner-Operator, Loving Care Brown Service Funeral Home.
• Budget - $7,000• Staff–2 himself & Wife, Sammie.
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I work here . . . I’m the FAC Director
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This is Johnny Butler
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University of Rural AlabamaThis is the
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And this is the DISASTER!
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And the Fire!
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Rescue
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Casualties
Sixty-Seven Dead . . . One hundred Eighty-Five Injured
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Response
Agency: A,B,C,D, E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z
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SMORT
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SMORT Administration
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On the Way
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Victim Information Center
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Family Assistance Center (FAC)• Activated quickly following a
mass fatality incident • Provides critical and secondary
services to family of victims• Coordinates with partner
groups • Maintains a high degree of
sensitivity and respect• And provides security and
protection from media
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FAC Services
• Assist SMORT in identifying victims– Antemortem interviews
• Provide comfort and assistance to families• Refer family members for:
– Spiritual or psychological counseling– Medical assistance– Material needs
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FAC Staff• County Coroner/Medical Examiner• SMORT Commander• FAC Executive Director and Deputy
– Chief of Professional Personnel (ChoPPs)• Family Assistance Representatives (FARs)
– Chief of Operations (Ops)• Antemortem Interviewers (AMIs)• Antemortem Data Entry Personnel (ADEP)• Administrative Staff (Admin)
– Chief of Logistics (CoLog)
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Faces of FAC
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Optimal FAC (Only) SetupExclusive of ADFS Facilities
Entrance Hall Large Meeting Room
Quiet Lounge Food Service
TV Area Children’s Area
Chapel/Counseling
FamilyInterview
FamilyInterview
FamilyInterview
FamilyInterview
MessageMonitor/Roll Stand
SMORT/FAC, 2014 Prepared by John R. Wible, FACED
2/20/2014
Doors
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Just Who is a “Family?”
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Caring for Families, the FAR
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FAC Partners in Service
FAC
Baptists and Clergy
Salvation Army
Mental Health
Emergency Management
Agency
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Mental, Health or Spiritual Interventions
• Psychological First Aid- comfort care• Crisis intervention• Psychological education on stress
symptoms and coping• Casualty support- connect with support systems
decision making on disposition of remains• Spiritual Care Interventions by Disaster Chaplains
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Identifications of Remains
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Identification of Remains
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Identification of Remains
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Every “Decedent” is a Person
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The Antemortem Interview
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Data Entry and Reporting
Data Entry (FAC)
Press Conference
Private Family Briefing
Data Compilation (ADFS)
FACCoroner Quincy
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Beginning to Wrap Up
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Saying “Good-Bye”
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Saving Johnny Butler
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What Did We Learn At The FAC?• Families identified quickly • Given access to information and services.• A strong need for continuous flow of information.
– Regularly scheduled family briefings – Pro-active approach to family issues and
requests.• Good support is a challenge, but is important.• “One stop” support center approach was efficient
and safe, and helped facilitate ID process
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FAC Wants You!
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Volunteer Registration
• https://alresponds.adph.alabama.gov/agreement.php?mode=unit
• “Unit type” dropdown, click “SMORT”• “Choose Unit” dropdown, click
– FAC Care Assistant, or– FAC Data entry-Admin, or– FAC Interviewer
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For A Copy of Presentation and the Text
• See “FAC Presentation2,” a download on Slideshare 7 <slideshare.net>
• See also my Facebook Page• Text only: See Blog:
johnthebaptist.blogspot.com
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