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I spoke with
my sister, who's with the South Florida DMAT, just a bit ago. It sounds like
many DMAT's have been placed on alert status, with mobilization decisions to be
made by tomorrow morning. She suspects that they will be used primarily to
establish casualty collection points, where perhaps further evacuations might be
performed. I'm sure that the local airspace will be very closely regulated. USAR
teams are also being mobilized. I'm doubting that anyone who's not already
federalized (as are the DMAT's and USAR's) will be allowed actually at the
incident site, but I'll bet that volunteers will be needed to continue to
provide routine EMS and fire care for the area. Perhaps New York state or the
city will establish an office to coordinate volunteers, if one doesn't already
exist.
My prayers go
out to the law enforcement, fire and EMS folks who may have already given the
ultimate sacrifice, as well as to all who are personally involved. Please,
please let there be a massive CISM effort!
Laurie
Romig
Bayflite
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