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13 <br /> <br /> 2. Training to prepare KCPHD personnel will be completed via FEMA independent <br /> study courses. Additional training may include exercises with Region 7 partners, <br /> KCPHD annual emergency exercise, or additional FEMA trainings. <br /> 3. A staffing list for surge capacity to provide staffing needed and how KCPHD will fulfill <br />those needs is provided in <br /> <br /> <br />VI. ORGANIZATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES: <br /> <br />All emergency response activities will follow the National Incident Management System (NIMS) <br />guidelines. <br /> <br />Health Officer: The Health Officer may assume 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 County, <br />or Okanogan County) during the absence of KCPHD’s Health Officer for periods of leave, illness, <br />or other excused absences at the written request of the County Administrator or the Chair of the <br />Board of Health. <br />Other KCPHD Staff: Other KCPHD staff or trained volunteers, including Medical Reserve Corps <br />(MRC) volunteers, will assume the appropriate NIMS roles <br />Kittitas Valley 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 situation. <br />KVH will have primary responsibility for staffing the hospital and will assist with any auxiliary <br />areas created to manage the medical needs of the public during an emergency (i.e., mass casualties, <br />quarantine and isolation, etc.). KVH will support an alternate care facility (ACF), if possible, <br />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 Sheriff’s 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 of bioterrorist incidents or <br />other public health emergencies in Kittitas County, responsible for notifying the primary <br />emergency service agencies, including public health.