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14 <br /> <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 />Agencies serving people with disabilities: Provide individuals with disabilities as subject matter <br />experts to ensure awareness about the impact of emergencies on people with disabilities. Act as <br />liaison with disability community organizations and advices on emergency communication <br />accessibility. <br />Kittitas County Emergency Medical Services System (EMS): Kittitas County Emergency Medical <br />Services (EMS) System will facilitate the county’s transportation and prehospital medical needs. <br />The system consists of 11 licensed EMS agencies (primarily local fire departments) and 5 <br />affiliated-level services. Coordination between licensed EMS agencies to meet the local EMS <br />needs will be facilitated through KITTCOM and based on the Regional County Patient Care <br />Operating Procedures and the Kittitas County Mass Casualty Incident Plan (MCI Run Cards). <br />These documents are part of the South-Central Region Trauma Plan, available through Kittitas <br />County EMS. <br />Emergency Management: If a bioterrorism incident is suspected, KCPHD will make prompt <br />notification to the Kittitas County Sheriff as the Director of Emergency management for Kittitas <br />County. The Sheriff or his designee will direct the county EOC with the Health Officer assisting <br />with direction, control, and management of the emergency as appropriate. Emergency <br />Management will attempt to acquire the resources and supplies need ed to respond to an incident <br />when local resources are exceeded. <br />Local, County, and State Law Enforcement: Local and county law enforcement, Search and <br />Rescue (SAR), and Fire District #1 will assist KVH and KCPHD with site security, perimeter <br />control, and facility access. In an evacuation of the hospital, local, county, and state law <br />enforcement agencies may be called upon to assist in the coordination of the evacuation. Should <br />the need for an alternate care facility (quarantine or mass vaccination, etc.) or mas s dispensing <br />operations arise in Kittitas County, local, county, and state law enforcement may be requested to <br />assist with site security, perimeter control, facility access, isolation and quarantine orders, and for <br />the maintaining of order. <br />Washington State Department of Health (DOH): DOH will coordinate statewide emergency <br />planning and preparedness efforts and statewide surveillance activities. Samples collected by <br />KCPHD will be tested by the public health laboratory network operated by DOH. DOH will <br />coordinate with CDC and disseminate appropriate data and situation updates to KCPHD. DOH <br />will coordinate development and implementation of disease containment strategies across multiple