ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Disaster Assistance Response Team, Public Safety Canada, Forensic Anthropology

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 3FA3
• Professor: Luc Bernier

Document Summary

In most countries there is a protocol for responding to mass disasters. Typical measures put in place when an event occurs (mass fatality incident) A mass fatality incident means that there has been more deaths than local resources can handle. There is no absolute number of mfi, depends on location of the event and the resources they have. It is up to the local government to make this decision. Official gov"t plan put in place if there is any major emergency - federal emergency response plan (ferp) Usually there is a local response and if it becomes a mass fatality incident, the local authorities call in federal agencies. In the us, they call the federal agency called dmort (disaster mortuary operational response team) and in canada, they call the federal agency called dart (disaster assistance response team) The function of these agencies is if invited, they assist local authorities in mfi.