Managing Extended Deployments

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Managing Extended Deployments

• 2009 VHA National Field Deployment Training Event
• Lexington, KY.
• June 22-26, 2009

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Session Objectives

• Describe purpose of deployment cadres
• Cadre composition
• Go team requirements
• IRCT and cadre on call
• Identify actions for cadre sustainment
• Staff assignment
• Stress
• Describe the process of Cadre replacement during
  long duration events
• Transitioning
• Overlap

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Cadre Composition

• Purpose is to support field operations
• Two leaders per cadre
• Members from various geographic areas
• Each contains two for IRCT (for planning section)

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Go Team Requirements

• Each Go Team member must be available within
  three hours of notification
• The Go Team member should be packed and ready to
  go
• The key to remember is flexibility

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IRCT and Cadre On Call

• Each cadre has two designated that have completed
  HHS IRCT training
• Expected to fill planning position in ICS
  structure
• Could be field location or Joint Field Office
  (note that REM will be representative to JFO, not
  IRCT specifically)
• Cadre leaders need to factor IRCT in, even though
  VA staff may not be required

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Staff Assignment

• The cadre member can go to the field, to
  Martinsburg, or to DC
• Assignments will be standard ICS functions
• Can support VA or other federal or state
  organization
• JFO
• HHS SOC
• HHS IRCT
• State EOC

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Stress

• Take care of yourself
• Stress is a normal reaction to unusual or
  traumatic events
• Signs and symptoms of stress
• Physical
• Cognitive
• Emotional
• Behavioral
• Factors contributing to stress

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Cadre Replacement

• Overlap of cadre leaders
• Possible overlap of cadre members, depending on
  nature of event/involvement
• Must include briefing of status and IAP issues

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Cadre Management

• Overall management is centralized
• Responsibility of cadre leader(s) on the ground
• Overall management of cadres and personnel
  deployedEMSHG HQ/VHA Operations Center
• Conflicts of requirements sometimes occur (such
  as FCCs alerted) and may take AEMs out of cadre
  temporarily