Emergency Management Advisory Council

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Emergency Management Advisory Council

• April 6, 2007

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AGENDA

• Introductions
• General information
• Pandemic Planning update
• CDC/OSHA reports
• Specific Taskforces
• Roundtable

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General Information

• Meeting notes from January and related documents
  on EMAC web page
• http//emac.ucdavis.edu
• Quarterly meetings in 2007
• April 6th -- TODAY
• July 6th Change to Friday June 29th?
• October 5th

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General Information

• Yolo County wide Exercise July 19th
• Update on RFP for automatic notification system
  (vendor demos)
• Update Unit Pandemic Plans electronic format
  from UCB

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Pandemic Planning Update

• Pandemic Facts
• They are historically inevitable
• Over the past 300 years, there have been ten
  identifiable influenza pandemics
• 1732-33
• 1781-82
• 1800-02
• 1830-33
• 1847-48
• 1857-58
• 1889-90
• 1918-19
• 1957-58
• 1968-69

10-49 years between pandemics Average interval
49 years
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Pandemics facts

• Pandemic Facts
• They effect a large percentage of population
• Happen in 4-8 week waves, generally more than one
  wave
• Normal life is disrupted because of excessive
  absenteeism

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The UC Davis Approach
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UCD Influenza Pandemic Emergency Operations Plan

• Critical and Essential Functions
• Actions related to WHO phases

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http//pandemic.ucdavis.edu
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• GOALS
• Limit the spread of a pandemic.
• Mitigate disease, suffering and death.
• Sustain infrastructure and lessen the impact on
  the economy and functioning of society.

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• It is highly unlikely that the most effective
  tool for mitigating a pandemic (vaccines) will be
  available when a pandemic begins.

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• Pandemic severity index categorize the severity
  of a pandemic based on the case fatality ratio

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• Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)
• Home voluntary isolation
• Voluntary home quarantine of households with
  confirmed or probably influenza cases
• Dismissal of students from schools and
  school-based activities, closure of childcare
  centers and social distancing of children and
  teens.
• Use of social distancing to reduce contact
  between adults in the community and workplace

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• Delay growth and shift curve to the right
• Decompress peak
• Diminish overall cases

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• Planning guides for
• Business and other employers
• Childcare programs
• Elementary and secondary schools
• Colleges and universities
• Faith-based and community organizations
• Individuals and families

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• How to maintain operations during a pandemic
• Prepare and plan for a reduced workforce
• Work with your suppliers
• Develop a sick leave policy that does not
  penalize sick employees.
• Plan for downsizing, but anticipate surges
• Stockpile soap, tissue, hand sanitizers, etc

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• How to maintain operations during a pandemic
• Develop policies and practices that distance
  employees from each other, customers and the
  general public.
• Understand/develop work practice and engineering
  controls that could provide additional protection
  to your employees and customers, i.e.
  drive-through service windows.
• Minimize situations where groups of people are
  crowded together, such as in a meeting.
• Reconsider all situations that permit or require
  employees, customers, and visitors (including
  family members) to enter the workplace.

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Guidelines for College/Universities

• Seven Recommended Action Steps
• Plan for ill individuals to remain at home.
• Plan for all household members of a person who is
  ill to voluntarily remain at home.
• Plan for dismissal of students and childcare
  closure for employees.
• Plan for dismissal of students.
• Plan for workplace and community
  social-distancing measures.
• Communicate with faculty, staff, students and
  parents/families.
• Help your community.

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• EOC thoughts
• Transportation of students
• HR Child Care can do matching
• Dont use the word dismiss
• Require students to enter emergency contact
  before they can register?
• In addition to campus publications, use the radio
  station, surepay statements
• Changeable message signs
• Broadcast message to campus cable channels
• EOC speakers bureau
• How to use campus operators
• Include recovery messages up front

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• Recommendations for composition of taskforce for
  each action item
• Recommendation Student Fee Refunding

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• Discussion
• Roundtable