SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council
National Flood Workshop Houston Texas 2012
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Purpose
• Introduction of Regional
Advisory Councils.
• Regional Assets of Trauma
Service Area – Q.
• Mitigation of the loss of life and
property through early
meteorological predictions for
Healthcare Communities.
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What does the rest of the U.S. think
when Texas says, Disaster?
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• Texas is divided into 22 “Trauma Service
Areas” or “TSA’s”.
• Houston and surrounding 9 counties is TSA-Q
or RAC Q: Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend,
Harris, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker,
Waller, and Wharton counties.
• South East Texas Regional Advisory Council
(SETRAC) is the organization that is the
“contractor” and administrator of ASPR,
Trauma, County, and Tobacco settlement
funds. These funds are utilized for a variety
of purposes to include providing regional
cooperative planning for Stroke, Trauma,
Cardiac, and Healthcare Provider
Preparedness programs.
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• SETRAC is a non-profit company 501 (c)(3). It
is a direct contractor for the Texas
Department of Health and Human Services.
• Coordinates PLANNING, RESPONSE, and
RECOVERY for more than 107 hospitals in
the region.
• Also works with fire, EMS, dialysis, nursing
homes/DADS, City/County OEMs.
• Coordinates with the Regional Hospital
Preparedness Council the (RHPC) staffing
and training of the Catastrophic Medical
Operations Center (CMOC).
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Trauma Service Area - Q
• 9 counties.
• Large enough to be the
36th largest state in the
United States.
• Area is larger than
Israel.
• 22nd largest economy in
world.
• Population – 5,371,914*
• 107 Hospitals (Varying
Specialties)
• 126 Licensed Nursing
Facilities**
• 376 Licensed Assisted
Living Facilities**
*2010 - U.S. Census
**2011 - DADS
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Regional Resources
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
RCVQ
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
MPV 601
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
MPV 602
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
PSTQ
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
PSTT-1
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
SAT-1
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
MTS-1
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
D.R.E.A.M.S.
Satellite
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
Regional Supply Cache
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
Pharmaceutical Supply Cache
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
Mobile Field Hospital
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Mobile Medical Assets Cache
Mobile Field Hospital (EMTF-6)
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Technological Assets
EMTrack
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Healthcare Emergencies
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Catastrophic Medical Operations Center
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21 Counties
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177 cities
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6.3 Million (27%)
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877,000 with
“Special Needs”
(24%)
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122 hospitals
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550+ nursing
homes
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Tropical Storm Allison
Houston, Texas (June 2001)
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Hurricane Katrina
Houston, Texas (August 2005)
Largest Patient Reception in US History
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Hurricane Rita
Texas Gulf Coast (September 2005)
Largest Mass Evacuation in US History
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Hurricane Ike
Galveston, Texas (September 2008)
Largest EMS Deployment in US History
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Texas Wildfires
Texas (September 2011)
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Emergency Medical Task Force
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“A Coordinated Response to Large Scale Incidents”
• The goal of the EMTF program is to provide a well
coordinated response, offering rapid professional
medical assistance to emergency operation
systems during large scale incidents.
• The four components are:
Ambulance Strike Teams (5 per Region)
Mobile Medical Unit Teams (1 per Region)
Ambulance Bus Teams (2 per Region)
RN Nurse Strike Teams (5 per Region)
• Texas has worked collaboratively with the eleven
(11) Public Health Regions and the twenty-two (22)
Regional Advisory Councils to identify eight (8) EMTF regions in Texas.
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Flood Insurance Claims
1978 - 2011
$18,000,000,000.00
$16,000,000,000.00
$14,000,000,000.00
$12,000,000,000.00
Florida
$10,000,000,000.00
Lousiana
Mississippi
$8,000,000,000.00
New Jersey
$6,000,000,000.00
Texas
$4,000,000,000.00
$2,000,000,000.00
$0.00
Flood Claims
* Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/statistics/pcstat.shtm)
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Weather Related Fatalities
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* National Weather Service (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml)
Questions?
Russell Kaiser
Director of Preparedness
SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council
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