Joint Medical Field Water SubGroup

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-Group

• Joint Environmental Surveillance Work Group
• Joint Preventive Medicine Policy Group
• MAJ Nasir Siddique
• USACHPPM

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PURPOSE

• To brief the Joint Environmental
  Surveillance
• Work Group on the Joint Medical Field
  
• Water Sub-Group Development

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-GroupContents

• Background
• History
• References
• Scope
• Membership
• Additional Information

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-GroupBackground

• Formed at the direction of Joint Environmental
  Surveillance Work Group to
• Review the current field water health threats.
• Review existing and recommend changes to field
  water health threat list.
• Develop recommendations to address changes to
  doctrine, training, leadership, materiel, and
  personnel associated with recommended revisions
  to threat list.
• Initial meeting held on 6 Apr 00 at CHPPM to sort
  out the workgroup, charter, etc.

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-GroupHistory

• Traditional field water standards/capabilities
  focus has been on risks from infectious diseases,
  radiation and NBC threats.
• Current and future operational environments are
  more dangerous and unpredictable due to
• Ubiquitous risks posed by environmental
  contamination, toxic industrial chemicals and
  physical hazards as a result of industrial
  accidents, sabotage, or intentional/unintentional
  actions of enemy or friendly forces.
• Manipulation of environment as a tool of war
  (i.e. setting of oil well fires in Kuwait,
  massive oil spills in Persian Gulf by Iraqis).
• There is an urgent need to evaluate field water
  standards and capabilities based on future
  potential threats.

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-GroupReferences

• Charter, Joint Environmental Surveillance Work
  Group.
• DOD Directive 6490.2, Joint Medical Surveillance.
• DOD Instruction 6490.3, Implementation and
  Application of Joint Medical Surveillance for
  Deployments.
• Force Health Protection, Medical Readiness
  Document.
• Army Medical Force Protection Policy (Draft)
  Deployment Occupational and Environmental Health
  Threats.
• TB MED 577, Sanitary Control and Surveillance of
  Field Water Supplies.
• STANAG 2136, Minimum Standards of Water
  Potability in Emergency Situations.
• QSTAG 245, Minimum Requirements for Water
  Potability .

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-GroupScope

• Identify, gather, review, and evaluate existing
  field water documents for current health threats
  and capabilities.
• Identify and evaluate all substances of potential
  threat (i.e. chemical warfare agents, biological
  warfare agents, radioactive, toxic industrial
  materials, environmental pollutants) based on
  toxicity, solubility, and prevalence in field
  water to generate a comprehensive field water
  health threat list.
• Analyze field water health threat list in light
  of future concept and capabilities.
• Recommend operational requirements to address
  doctrinal, training, leadership, and personnel
  solutions.

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-GroupMembership

• Voting Members
• U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and
  Preventive Medicine (Army)
• Air Force Institute for Environment, Safety and
  Occupational Health Risk Analysis (Air Force)
• U.S. Navy Environmental Health Center (Navy)
• Air Combat Command Surgeon General
• Office of the Army Surgeon General
• Navy Operational Medicine Rep
• Others as Invited by the Sub-Group
• Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (DOD)
• Joint Water Resources Management Action Group

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-GroupAdditional
Information

• John J. Resta, DESP, CHPPM, DSN 584-5244/Comm
  410.436.5244, John.Resta_at_apg.amedd.army.mil
• MAJ Siddique, DESP, CHPPM, DSN 584-6061/Comm
  410.436.6061, Nasir.Siddique_at_apg.amedd.army.mil
• Mr. J. Valcik/Dr. Burrows/1LT Rule, Water
  Program, CHPPM, DSN 584-3919, Comm 410.436.3919
• Capt Dave Byer, USAF-IERA, DSN 240-4854/Comm
  210.536.4854, David.Byer_at_brooks.af.mil
• Maj Bill Gooden, USAF-IERA, DSN 240-4684/Comm
  210-536-4684, Bill.Gooden_at_brooks.af.mil
• Maj Ron Porte, AFMOA/SGOE, DSN 297-4330, Comm
  202.767.4330, Ronald.Porte_at_usafsg.bolling.af.mil

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Joint Medical Field Water Sub-Group

• The Ultimate Weapon Runs on
  Water