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Former NDMS Director Dies
"....RADM Robert Knouss passed away Tuesday night after a lengthy battle with
cancer. For nearly 35 years, RADM Knouss dedicated his life to the advancement
of public health and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned
Corps.
NDMS 2008 Disaster Conference This year the NDMS Conference will again be held in Nashville, TN at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. The dates are March 15 and 16 for the pre-sessions and March 17, 18, and 19 for the main sessions. Reports from last year said the site and conference was excellent. TSA/FAA bans certain Lithium Ion Batteries Starting January 1, 2008, the TSA will start restricting all spare lithium batteries from checked-on luggage. Spare batteries may still be stored in your carry-on baggage as long as they contain no more than 8 grams of Lithium each and collectively no more than 25 grams of lithium. This requirement is of course very difficult to calculate. However, 8 milligrams of lithium is more than most laptop batteries. Many external universal batteries would exceed this level. OH-5 Team Commander Speaks at the US House Team Commander Devir spoke before the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response, Committee on Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives, on May 9th, 2007. Commander Devir spoke on behalf of all commanders of the National Disaster Medical System. He was asked by the Committee’s request for his testimony about the role of the DMAT Commander, and how services are coordinated with state and local operations. Commander Devir described our team, how it was formed and the make-up of DMAT, VMAT and DMORT teams and the NDMS in general. Questions and answers followed Commander Devir's remarks.
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Steering
Meeting The next scheduled steering meeting will be on the Second Thursday of the month 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. OH-5
on Deploy Rotation
The
OH-5 Dayton Region DMAT was placed on the
"level
one" team rotation for the first time in 2003. The team will respond
again
this year as one of 6 primary teams placed on rotation during each of our assigned rotation months in 2007.
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NDMS WEB Training
The contract between FEMA and UMBC to provide NDMS Response Team Training expired on 31 October 2005. FEMA/NDMS is working on a new training site which should be up and running over the next year. The site will have the same materials, but will have a different look and feel. We have been told that only those who have completed their training on the old system will receive credit on the new system. If you started but did not finish your training on the old system you will have to start over on the new system. New Member Applications New applications for membership in DMAT have been temporarily suspended for the next 30 to 60 months due to the backlog of work that yet needs to be done. The application process will begin again after members paperwork has been transitioned to the Department of Health and Human Services. Over 1000 NDMS employees had to be processed and brought into the DHHS system causing a temporary backlog. However, the new process will use an on-line system that will complete the required paperwork quicker. This should also eliminate much of the redundant entries such as names and addresses on multiple forms that use to be required. DHHS Welcome to NDMS Members Click on the link below to see the DHHS welcome video from RADM Craig Vanderwagen, Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness:  |
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Medical Card
Updates
Be sure to turn in your medical information to the team
administrator as soon as you can! In addition, remember to have the information added to your yellow medical information card. |
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