Gary Moore on national disaster medical teams
In his role as director, he manages the National Disaster Medical System, a partnership of four federal departments and agencies: the U.S. Public Health Service, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
During a disaster, Moore is the chief of field operations. In this role, Moore is responsible for providing on-ground direction and support to federal health and medical response operations during emergencies and disasters.
Previously, Moore was second in command in the Maryland State Police and commanded its aviation division for 18 years, working with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System in developing and operating the statewide Emergency Medical Services system (EMS). Moore flew the first Medevac in Maryland and has received numerous awards including three governor’s citations for his role in developing the Medevac system.
Gary Moore: Gary Moore is joining us today from the Office of Emergency Preparedness! Welcome, Gary Moore!
Chat Moderator: Tell us about your disaster teams. How many are there? How many people are on a team? Are they paid or volunteers? What are their areas of expertise?
Gary Moore: OK. Glad to be here. Our teams are made up of 35 personnel from the private sector as well as governmental agencies. These people volunteer their time to be able to respond to any kind of disaster, and they are a part of the national disaster medical system.
And that system is made up of four federal agencies. The agencies are the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Public Health Service. The U.S. Public Health Service has the management lead for the national disaster medical system. That system is commanded by Adm. Robert Knouss.
My job is director of operations and readiness. I am the one who deploys all the health and medical assets to a given disaster or event. It is my responsibility to see that all health and medical needs are met.
We have presently 26 LEVEL ONE Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) strategically placed across the United States. There are 35 personnel on each team. These personnel are made up of doctors, nurses, EMTPs and EMTs.
Chat Moderator: What steps do teams take to deal with disasters?
Gary Moore: They are in the process of preparing for disaster such as hurricanes, weapons of mass destruction incidents, terrorist incidences, earthquakes, etc. During the entire year they participate in exercises, training, etc., to prepare themselves for these events.
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