Polk County Public Health Emergency Plan
Section 1.5.5.1 - January 4th, 2010 Health Sub-Committee Meeting

Critical section? No

Security level: Unclassified

Version: 1.0

Version history: 2010-02-26 (tjb) Created section from meeting notes.

Purpose:
Agenda and minutes

Scope:
This meeting only

Guideline:
Time: 10:00am

Location: Polk County Health Center

Agenda:
- Introductions (if needed)
- LEPC update
- N1N1 update
- Health Response to Hazmat
- Open discussion

Present:
- Theron Becker, Polk County Health Center
- Rick Lewis, Polk County EMA
- Jim McManigle, Polk County EMA
- Kermit Hargis, City of Bolivar EMA
- Wes Flack, CMH
- Tamera Heitz-Peek, CMH
- Nathan Stamburski, FSD

Minutes:
- LEPC update
- - Upcoming hazmat trainings
- - Spring or summer for methanol and mass casualty exercises
- N1N1 update
- - CMH still has under 14 rule (probably through January)
- Health Response to Hazmat
- - PCHC:
- - - Exposure surveillance
- - - Public information
- - - Mass prophylaxis
- - - SNS ordering
- - - Environmental impact monitoring
- - Emergency Management:
- - - WISER
- - - Hazmat training through SEMA website (CMH wants to send personnel to training)
- - - Updating evacuation plans (Bolivar just updated their plans and will share)
- - - Taney Co has 100-bed mobile hospital
- - - Response time for hazmat team from Springfield
- - FSD:
- - - Debbie Black moving to state employee
- - - Mass care only
- - CMH:
- - - Did decon exercise
- - - Still working on putting decon trailer in service - water heater still not working
- - - Updating JIC, should meet next month
- - - Regional JIC through DMAC
- - Bolivar:
- - - Updated emergency plan and will distribute
- Open discussion
- - 20 below wind chills coming this weekend - what is the status of shelters?
- - Polk County has no warming centers - we don't have the funds to support utility bills
- - Advise citizens to go to Walmart, Health Dept, Etc (designated locations) to warm
- - If person looses heat in the night, they must rely on friends, relatives, and neighbors
- - Red Cross has shelter in Springfield at Kansas and Chestnut
- NEXT TOPIC:
- - Severe Weather
- - Employee and non-employee participation when sirens go off
- - Flu season / H1N1 update
- - Tuberculosis

Exceptions:
None

References:
None