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Name G-386 Mass Fatalities Incident Response : ( G-386)
Description This course prepares local and State response personnel and other responsible agencies and professionals to handle mass fatalities effectively and to work with the survivors in an emergency or disaster. Selection Criteria: This course is designed for personnel with a role to play in a mass fatality incident. This would include coroners, medical examiners, funeral directors, heads of first response agencies (fire, police, EMS, etc.) planners, and emergency management personnel.
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Target Audience This course prepares state and local response personnel and other responsible agencies and professionals to handle mass fatalities effectively and to work with the survivors in an emergency or disaster
This course covers incident management; mass fatalities; planning before and operations during an incident; establishing the morgue; family assistance support operations; and assistance from the Federal government
The course concludes with a tabletop exercise
Participants will learn to identify the characteristics of a mass fatality incident and identify the roles and responsibilities of key personnel in the incident
In addition, the instructor will describe the steps required to respond to a mass fatalities incident, including catastrophic numbers of fatalities and contaminated remains, and help participants determine their jurisdiction¿s preparedness for a mass fatalities event
Selection Criteria: The target audience for this course is local responders who may have responsibility for the recovery, handling, identification, and return of remains following a mass fatalities incident
Course Objectives - Describe the critical operational activities: Notification, Staging, Search and recovery, Morgue operations, Media relations, Family assistance - Explain how the Family Assistance Center is used to support families and to aid identification of the deceased
- Identify the requirements to ensure that the psychological needs of morgue personnel are addressed
- Recognize the importance of Critical Incident Stress Debriefings for responders at a mass fatalities incident
- Identify the resources that are available during a mass fatalities incident and describe their roles and responsibilities
- Apply the principles of ICS to a simulated incident
Additional Information Class will begin at 8:30AM at the Walton County EOC. All course materials will be distributed via email prior to the class and all testing will be electronic. The EOC runs cold, please bring a sweater. For questions, please contact Operations Coordinator, Catie Feeney at catie@waltoncountyem.org.
Location Walton County EOC
Address 75 South Davis Lane
Defuniak Springs 32435
Walton
Region 1
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Date Wednesday, Apr 09, 2025 - Thursday, Apr 10, 2025
Point of Contact Catie Feeney
8504014070  
catie@waltoncountyem.org
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NameCountyOrganization
Miranda SargentSanta Rosa Santa Rosa County
Vickie DollhausenEscambia Other-Escambia
Joshua MayhueWalton Walton County Sheriffs Office
James StultzWalton DeFuniak Springs Fire Department
Cindy RiggenbachOkaloosaFlorida One
WANYA GOODGAINWalton Walton County Emergency Management
Michael PinkhamWalton Other-Walton
Paula MazanWalton  
John SummersLeon Leon County Sheriff’s Office
Jessica LockhartFranklin Franklin County Emergency Management
Andrew HusarBayEmergency Management Consultant
Benjamin GuthrieLiberty Liberty County Emergency Management
Standby Awaiting State Approval
If your name appears on this list your application has been approved by your supervisor or county/tribe emergency management program and is on standby awaiting final approval from the state. This approval may be dependent upon available space, the target audience, as well as other factors.

NameCountyOrganization
Cooper BowdenWalton  
Pending Supervisor or Emergency Management Program Approval
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NameCountyOrganization
Yardley Thompson Walton walton