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All emergency response activities will follow the National Incident Management System (NIMS) <br />guidelines. <br />Health Officer: The Health Officer assumes a leading role during an incident involving <br />bioterrorism, infectious disease, or other medical emergency. The Health Officer in consultation <br />with the Public Health Administrator and Board of Health will decide policy, maintain contact <br />with other agencies, and develop public health priorities. In all other emergency incidences, the <br />Health Officer provides information and support to the Incident Commander as needed. <br />Resolution 2005-03 appoints an acting Health Officer from either Chelan-Douglas, Grant <br />County, or Okanogan County) during the absence of KCPHD's Health Officer for periods of <br />leave, illness, or other excused absences at the written request of the County Administrator or the <br />Chair of the Board of Health. <br />Other KCPHD Staff: Other KCPHD staff or trained volunteers, including Medical Reserve <br />Corps (MRC) volunteers, will assume the appropriate NIMS roles <br />KitLitas Vall y Healthcare: KVH will activate its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and will <br />be responsible for the coordination of the overall operations of the hospital in any disaster <br />situation. KVH will have primary responsibility for staffing the hospital and will assist with any <br />auxiliary areas created to manage the medical needs of the public during an emergency (i.e., <br />mass casualties, quarantine and isolation, etc.). KVH will support an alternate care facility <br />(ACF), if possible, through provision of medical expertise and resources. <br />Interlocal Cooperative Agreement for emergency storage of vaccine in the event of power or <br />equipment failure at KCPHD. KVH will provide emergency storage for KCPHD's vaccine. <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office: Memorandum of Understanding in place to establish utilization <br />of KCSO for the investigation, monitoring, and enforcement of disease investigations and other <br />public health hazards, which also includes isolation and/or quarantine of a patient or patients. <br />KITTCOM (911): KITTCOM (911) shall serve as the primary notifier ofbioterrorist incidents or <br />other public health emergencies in Kittitas County, responsible for notifying the primary <br />emergency service agencies, including public health. <br />Grant County People for People (211): Memorandum of Understanding in place to coordinate <br />public health information during emergencies, provides non-emergency information about <br />KCPHD services, and serves as a regional call center. <br />Walter Strom Middle School: Memorandum of Understanding in place to establish Walter Strom <br />Middles School as a Point of Distribution (POD) to distribute medical countermeasure materials. <br />13