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Blue Cascades VI
Overview
Blue Cascades VI was held in March 2010 in Seattle. Held as part of the Comprehensive Community Bio-Event Resilience (CCBER) Project, stakeholders from the region joined together to explore the cascading affects of pandemic flu during a flooding event in the Green River Valley.
Purpose
Examine current bio-event preparedness and management capabilities with focus on communications, planning and management of resources, including staff; supply chains and logistics, public health/economic impacts; and the executive decision-making process. Identify areas for improvement that can strengthen Community bio-event resilience.
Objectives
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Assess the effectiveness and areas for improvement regarding bio-event-related communications and information collection, coordination, and dissemination:
- a. Among federal, state, and local government entities with roles in bio-event preparedness and management;
- b. Between relevant government entities and private sector, non-government organizations and community institutions and groups;
- c. Cross-U.S.-Canadian border.
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Examine and identify means to enhance multi-jurisdiction, cross-sector and cross-border resource planning, prioritization, allocation and conservation and the decision-making process to assure access to vaccines and anti-virals and other pharmaceuticals; health-related equipment and supplies; hospital surge and laboratory capacity; staff and expertise, and other additional essential needs.
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Identify and determine ways to mitigate bio-event-related supply chain and service delivery disruptions that could impact community public health and regional economic resilience.
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Raise awareness of other potential public health and economic impacts and how these impacts could be cost-effectively managed in future bio-events to assist businesses and the general public.
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Identify ways to further develop an ongoing stakeholder group to work together to strengthen community bio-event resilience in the Puget Sound Region.
Intent
Bring together the greater Seattle area and cross-jurisdiction, state and cross-national border to identify key interdependencies that impact public health and safety and the economy.
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