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Digital Registration of
Evacuees using Triage
Wristbands and Cloud
Computing
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
During a nuclear power plant emergency,
evacuees must be registered at
radiological emergency reception centers
Palm Beach County plans on receiving
tens of thousands of potentially
contaminated evacuees from the Martin &
St Lucie Counties
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Registering Evacuees
Old Paper Registration System
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Problems with Paper Systems
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Paper based systems are:
• Cumbersome/clumsy
• Time consuming
• Prone to error
• Susceptible to loss and water damage during field operations
• Labor intensive
• Inefficient
• Overall inadequate for processing thousands of evacuees
Solution: Use Commonly Available
Technology
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Requirements of the new system:
Simple enough for everyone to use
Scalable for all sized incidents
Easy to collect identity data
Efficient to manage data
Able to both store and transmit data
Security and privacy safeguards
Solution of Choice: Barcodes
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Effective, reliable & proven means of
identifying millions of anything
Concept: Barcode All Evacuees Who
Use Reception Center Services
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Link evacuees’ personal information to
barcodes and track evacuees during
the incident for public health and safety
Initial Attempts with Triage Tags
Failed
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
A Combined Triage & Registration
Wristband System was Successful
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Green (involved color) triage wristbands
have barcode stickers and fields for
handwritten data:
•Identity
•Potassium Iodide issuance
•Decontamination
•Medical triage if necessary
Application to Evacuee Registration
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Each wristband has 7 barcode stickers
6 barcode stickers are removable &
intended for application to the
evacuees’ personal items
The stickers may also be retained at
each reception center station if there is
catastrophic technology failure
Reception Center Operations
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Evacuees are scanned at each station in
a multi-station reception center operation
Date-time-location data is captured at
each station
Cloud Based Program
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Every evacuee is issued bar-coded
wristband
Personal identities are captured once via
driver’s license or any ID
Data is uploaded into a cloud-based
program
EM Track Software Program
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
EM Track & EM Resource is a FL DOH
statewide initiative for tracking patients
in hospitals
EM Track’s primary use was modified to
become an emergency application
designed for tracking evacuees
Alternative Uses
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Reception center operations for
other hazards/contaminants
Mass casualty incidents
Mass fatality incidents
Mass prophylaxis operations
Special events
Return & re-entry operations
Benefits of Improved System
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Utilizes existing FL DOH system
Immediate implementation
Statewide usage/application
Simple to use
Proven barcode technology
Easy to train emergency workers
Quicker & more secure data capture
Better data management & privacy
Questions
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
For technical details and
information, contact Mike Geier at
561-712-6366
Palm Beach County Division of
Emergency Management
