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Disaster

A sudden event such as an accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life

Emergency

An unforeseen combination of circumstances resulting in the need for immediate action

Certification of Death –

Doctors, Medical Examiners, Justice of the Peace

Registration of Death –

Funeral Directors and Local/State Registrar

Burial and Cremation Permits –

Registrar and Funeral Directors

Final Disposition –

Funeral Directors, Cemetery Personnel, and Clergy

Survivor's guilt –

when a person feels guilt because they survived a life-threatening event when others did not

Disaster Responders

Firemen, Police Officers, Doctors, Nurses, Funeral Directors, Clergy, etc

Encompasses 15 Emergency Support Functions (ESF)

Mortuary care falls under ESF8 for Public Health and Medical Services

Created by the National Disaster Medical Systems (NDMS)

DMORT

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team

Teams are now made up of Funeral Directors, Medical Examiners, Mental Health professionals, medical records specialist, anthropologists, medicolegal investigators, etc.

Provide personnel for recovery, identification, processing, preparing, and disposing of fatality victims