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Move over CDC, let the private sector handle this.
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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 2638019" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>Let me splain something to the uninformed about emergencies. Emergency personnel are expected to come to work no matter what the catastrophe. In many cases, there are laws that compel it. However, there is an unspoken expectation that management for those emergency personnel will ensure that their families are protected. You cannot reasonably expect emergency personnel to focus on saving the public when all that's on their mind is the danger facing their own families at home.</p><p></p><p>Agencies have Memorandums of Agreement and Memorandums of Understanding, among with Mutual Aid Agreements to cover large scale emergencies. My full time agency is national in scale and we have designated emergency response teams that come into play in the event of an emergency. </p><p></p><p>Take Hurricane Katrina for example. We didn't expect our employees to stay at their posts while their own families were in danger. We stood up the response teams and sent them in to fill those positions, so the local employees could safeguard and protect their own families. Even during the 2007 Oklahoma ice storm and Hurricane Sandy, utility companies from all over the country responded to help ease the burden.</p><p></p><p>Local entities can bring in nearby local entities, state and federal resources. There IS help available. When MANAGEMENT fails to recognize the need and initiate protocols to cover reasonably expected shortages in personnel and materials, emergency responders feel the pinch. Then they have to make tough decisions on how far they're willing to expose their families to danger for the greater public good. Those are decisions forced on them by inept and ineffective management. </p><p></p><p>Right now, there are doctors and nurses in Dallas who got backed into a corner. Their local medical management, local emergency management, state emergency management and federal management in the CDC and State Dept., failed them. By prioritizing risk aversion, political and economic impact over safety, they own this entire debacle. </p><p></p><p>Anyone who feels it necessary to point fingers at emergency personnel should stop and think about how well prepared they are to face those same decisions, knowing full well that the only reason they'll have to decide is because a large number of people getting paid far greater salaries, didn't bother to make the right decisions in the first place. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 2638019, member: 1132"] Let me splain something to the uninformed about emergencies. Emergency personnel are expected to come to work no matter what the catastrophe. In many cases, there are laws that compel it. However, there is an unspoken expectation that management for those emergency personnel will ensure that their families are protected. You cannot reasonably expect emergency personnel to focus on saving the public when all that's on their mind is the danger facing their own families at home. Agencies have Memorandums of Agreement and Memorandums of Understanding, among with Mutual Aid Agreements to cover large scale emergencies. My full time agency is national in scale and we have designated emergency response teams that come into play in the event of an emergency. Take Hurricane Katrina for example. We didn't expect our employees to stay at their posts while their own families were in danger. We stood up the response teams and sent them in to fill those positions, so the local employees could safeguard and protect their own families. Even during the 2007 Oklahoma ice storm and Hurricane Sandy, utility companies from all over the country responded to help ease the burden. Local entities can bring in nearby local entities, state and federal resources. There IS help available. When MANAGEMENT fails to recognize the need and initiate protocols to cover reasonably expected shortages in personnel and materials, emergency responders feel the pinch. Then they have to make tough decisions on how far they're willing to expose their families to danger for the greater public good. Those are decisions forced on them by inept and ineffective management. Right now, there are doctors and nurses in Dallas who got backed into a corner. Their local medical management, local emergency management, state emergency management and federal management in the CDC and State Dept., failed them. By prioritizing risk aversion, political and economic impact over safety, they own this entire debacle. Anyone who feels it necessary to point fingers at emergency personnel should stop and think about how well prepared they are to face those same decisions, knowing full well that the only reason they'll have to decide is because a large number of people getting paid far greater salaries, didn't bother to make the right decisions in the first place. :( [/QUOTE]
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