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Appendix E Medical Examiner/
Coroner Guide For Mass Fatality
Management of Chemically
Contaminated Remains
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, OFFICE OF STATE &
LOCAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, US ARMY SOLDIER AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL
COMMAND, IMPROVED RESPONSE PROGRAM
The Chief Medical Examiner/Coroner (CME) role
is to create an infrastructure that can process a
large number of contaminated remains, as well as
accommodate integrating supporting assets into the
response effort (Figure E.1).
The Emergency Manager (EM) role is to
provide coordination between the Medical Exam-
iner/Coroner (ME/C) and county, state, and federal
assets to support the Me/C in processing remains
in a Mass Fatality Incident (MFI).
Managing the Incident Site
1.
Obtain
Information
from
Incident
Incident
Commander
Commander (IC).
•
Type of incident and possible hazards.
•
Type of chemical agent.
•
Estimated number of remains.
•
Location of scene and accessibility to
remains.
•
Location of incident command post.
2.
Form a team to evaluate the specific inci-
dent.
•
Chief
Medical
Examiner
Operations
Command
& Control
Evaluation
Planning
Logistics
Finance
Form an evaluation team with Medical
Examiner (ME/C), Hazmat technicians,
Law Enforcement and other relevant agen-
cies and prepare to enter the scene.
Incident
Operations
Daily
Caseload
•
Check required level of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE). ME/C should have two
2-person groups (primary/backup) that can
operate in Level A PPE.
Figure E.1
Mass Fatality Incident Command.
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