ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY - 2005 UASI

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Attachment A FY05 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM that may be candidates for future quarantine and isolation actions, such as new infectious diseases that no one knows how people become infected, and /or no one knows how people become cured. Partner with MMRS public health Steering Committee members on drafting emergency public information messages about the establishment of quarantine /isolation areas. Explain why quarantine is a public health intervention taken only when other actions have failed. Describe previous actions taken by the local public health actions to control the spread of the infectious disease, and their failure to prevent infectious disease transmission. • Describe the public health /medical emergency requirements of the specific disease outbreak containment practices decided by the health department and included in the quarantine protocol, and actions to be carried out by individuals inside and outside of the quarantine /isolation areas. 6. GIS. Jurisdictions should explore the types of GIS data available through the Federal Geospatial- One -Stop portal, located at http: / /www,geo- one- stop.gov /, and apply any of the available GIS tools deemed appropriate to support MMRS risk assessment, planning, training, exercising, and operations. MMRS funds may be spent on activities, when it is determined that no cost „ options are not available, which combine, blend, populate with jurisdictionally- specific data, and /or make interactive, sets of automated GIS tools; or which achieve interoperability between automated GIS tools with other electronic information in support of MMRS requirements. See Appendix 1: Geospatial Guidance. 7. Updated MMRS Steering Committee. MMRS Steering Committee establishment and operation requirements, as stipulated among the deliverables under the original MMRS jurisdictional contact, remains in effect. Additional guidance updating its composition and emphasizing readiness is as follows: • Revise MMRS Steering Committee Membership to include the following additional members: • Local homeland security advisor /coordinator representative, if applicable • UASI Urban Area Working Group representative, if applicable • Representatives from entities with which the jurisdiction has a mutual aide agreement • Medical Reserve Corps or Citizen Corps representatives. Examine the relationship between the MMRS Steering Committee into the jurisdiction's emergency management system and homeland security coordination organizations. Should the totality of recommended membership DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY I OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 97