The document provides information about Emergency Medical Task Force - 6 (EMTF-6), which serves Trauma Service Areas H, Q, and R. EMTF-6 trains, exercises, and rosters medical professionals to form an integrated medical response during declared disasters. It coordinates ambulance strike teams, nurse strike teams, ambulance buses, and mobile medical units. EMTF-6 is led by a coordinator and aims to rapidly deploy medical assets to support statewide emergency response efforts.

1. Emergency Medical Task Force - 6
Serving Trauma Service Areas
H, Q & R
Cindy Riggan – EMTF-6 Coordinator
Main Office: 1111 N Loop West Freeway Suite 160 Houston Tx 77008
Office: (281) 822-4444 Mobile: (281) 940-6001 Email: Cindy.Riggan@setrac.org

2. Emergency Medical Task Force
Trains, exercises and rosters medical
health professionals in the four
components, MMU, RN Strike Team,
AMBUS & AST, in order to respond with
personnel and assets during a state
declared disaster to form an integrated
medical response.

4. EMTF-6 Region
Trauma Service Areas (TSA) H, Q & R
• Angelina • Jasper • Sabine
• Austin • Jefferson • San
• Brazoria • Liberty Augustine
• Chambers • Matagorda • San Jacinto
• Colorado • Montgomery • Tyler
• Fort Bend • Nacogdoches • Walker
• Galveston • Newton • Waller
• Hardin • Orange • Wharton
• Harris • Polk

5. EMTF
Integrated Medical Response Capability
Goals:
– Rapidly deployable for statewide incidents
– Builds upon regional capability and
interoperability
– Integrated command/control elements
– Self-sufficient for short periods of time
– NIMS compliant
– Presently in the ASPR Funded strategy for
FY11 and FY12

6. Texas Disaster Medical System
Acute Public Health
RAT
Amb Team
Strike CAT
Teams Epi
Hospital Teams
Team Medical
Nurse Staffing
Strike Contracts Bus
Teams Long Staging
Term Regional CASPER Team
Food
Care MOC Team
Safety
Teams
ESRD
Ambme MACC Enviro
Admin
ROC
Busses
Health
Teams
Team
TSA
Local
TxMAT
MIST MOC Mortuary MSN
MMU Team Shelters
Tx Military D.B.H.
MRC
Force Teams
TxMAT 1
L.P.H.
Red Cross
NOTE: Federal and EMAC assets will augment these
teams and strategies

7. State EMTF Response
EMTF Regional Response
Local
Local Response
Incident
Mutual Aid Response

8. EMTF Scope of Work
# Expectations
1. Establish and convene regional Emergency Medical Task Force work group(s), to include
multiple Trauma Service Area (TSA) subject matter experts, as applicable.
2. Develop regional gap analysis for each EMTF concept, to include staffing, supplies, and
equipment for the region.
3. Develop regional plans for each EMTF concept in conjunction with the statewide concept
strategies.
4. Develop roster of personnel to support each EMTF concept.
5. Participation in statewide EMTF face to face meetings and/or conference calls is mandatory.
6. Establish at least one fully rostered, trained and exercised team for each of the EMTF
concept including: Ambulance Strike Teams, AmBus Strike Team,
Nurse Strike Teams, Mobile Medical Units Strike Team
7. The EMTF regional representative will attend a one day orientation for the EMTF provided
by the EMTF State Coordinating Organization (SCO).
8. All supplies and equipment purchased must be on the standardized equipment/supply lists.
If additional funding is available other supplies or equipment may be purchased for the
teams that are not on the standardized lists.

9. Emergency Medical Task Force Leadership Team
• Command/General Staff
• ICS 100, 200, 300, 400 certs, with position-specific certs as well
• Must have EMS/ER/IMT management experience
• Full Comms package to communicate with all Groups and Local EOC/DDC/DSHS/GDEM-SOC
• Logistics package to support all Groups
5 Ambulance Strike
5 RN Strike Teams 2 Ambuses Mobile Medical Unit
Teams
• 5 Ambulances in • 5 RN’s in each • Ambuses are • 16 -32 bed capacity
each Strike Team Strike Team (25 capable of • Able to provide
(25 total total RN’s) transporting >12 emergency
ambulances) • Each Team has pre- litter patients at stabilizing care and
• Each Strike Team assigned Strike one time. transfer
has assigned Strike Team Leader • Pre-plumbed for • Fully staffed with
Team Leader • 4 ER Strike Teams O2, Suction, EM physicians, ER
• Teams are pre- • 1 Specialty area medical gases, etc nurses, techs,
identified (Burn, OB, ICU, • Assigned to EMS pharmacy,
• No Notice Regional Pedi, NICU, etc) agencies that will logistics, clerical
deployment • Approx. 72 hr deploy 4 and other support
• State-wide tasked deployment paramedics • 6-12 hour launch
mission • No Notice Regional time for 72 hr
assignments deployment deployment
• State-wide tasked
mission
assignments

10. EMTF-6 Present Steering Committee
EMTF Coordinator, RAC Exec Director and/ or his/her
appointee, EMTF-6 Task Force Leaders
Red Team White Team Blue Team
Task Force Task Force Task Force
Leader Leader Leader
(TFL) & (TFL) & (TFL) &
Asst TFLEMTF
Liaison Asst TFLEMTF
Liaison Asst TFLEMTF
Liaison
Officer Medical Officer Medical Officer Medical
(LNO) Director (LNO) Director (LNO) Director
Plans Logistics Finance Plans Logistics Finance Plans Logistics Finance
Ops Chief Ops Chief Ops Chief
Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief
Ambulance Group Supervisor SitStat Unit Leader COM-L Ambulance Group Supervisor SitStat Unit Leader COM-L Ambulance Group Supervisor SitStat Unit Leader COM-L
Amb Strike Teams w/ ASTL x 5 MMU Deployment team w/ leader Amb Strike Teams w/ ASTL x 5 MMU Deployment team w/ leader Amb Strike Teams w/ ASTL x 5 MMU Deployment team w/ leader
Ambus Group Supervisor Ambus Group Supervisor Ambus Group Supervisor
Ambus w/ boss x 2 Ambus w/ boss x 2 Ambus w/ boss x 2
RN Strike Team Group Supervisor RN Strike Team Group Supervisor RN Strike Team Group Supervisor
RN Strike Teams w/ STL x 5 RN Strike Teams w/ STL x 5 RN Strike Teams w/ STL x 5
MMU Group Supervisor MMU Group Supervisor MMU Group Supervisor
MMU Charge nurse MMU Charge nurse MMU Charge nurse

11. Task Force
Leader (TFL) &
EMTF Asst TFL
Operational Liaison Officer
(LNO)
EMTF Medical
Director
Org Chart Ops Chief Plans Chief Logistics Chief Finance Chief
Ambulance Group SitStat Unit
Supervisor COM-L
Leader
MMU
Amb Strike Teams
Deployment team
w/ ASTL x 5
w/ leader
Ambus Group
Supervisor
Ambus w/ boss x
2
RN Strike Team
Group Supervisor = TF Command/General Staff
RN Strike Teams
w/ STL x 5
MMU Group
Supervisor
MMU Charge
nurse

12. EMTF-6 Task Force Leaders
• Chris Collier – RAC-H
• Greg Kunkle – RAC-R
• Lisa Aulbert – RAC-Q
• Mark Sastre – RAC-R
• 2 Position Open – Apply with
Cindy Riggan

13. New Suggested Governance Structure Approved by GETAC
in November 2011

16. Ambulance Strike Teams

17. Ambulance strike team goals
• 5 Ambulances in each Strike Team (25 total
ambulances)
• Each Strike Team has assigned Strike Team
Leader
• Teams are pre-identified
• No Notice Regional deployment
• State-wide tasked mission assignments
• FEMA Typing vs. Texas Typing
• Common Communications

18. RN Strike Team
• 5 RN’s in each Strike Team (25 total
RN’s)
• Each Team has pre-assigned Strike
Team Leader
• 4 ER Strike Teams
• 1 Specialty area (Burn, OB, ICU,
Pedi, NICU, etc)
• Approx. 72 hr deployment

19. Texas Labor Day Wildfire AMBUS Deployment
MPV6-02

20. Ambulance Bus - AMBUS
• Ambuses are capable of transporting 12 (or
more) litter patients at one time.
• Pre-plumbed for O2, Suction, medical gases,
etc
• Assigned to EMS agencies that will deploy 4
paramedics
• No Notice Regional deployment
• State-wide tasked mission assignments

21. Our Newly Restripped AMBUS – MPV6-01
EMTF State AMBUS Meeting – October 2011

22. Mobile Medical
Unit
Operation Blueprint
MMU Exercise
May 2011

23. MMU Goals
• 16 – 32 bed capacity
• Able to provide emergency stabilizing care and
transfer
• Fully staffed with EM physicians, ER nurses, techs,
pharmacy, logistics, clerical and other support
• 6-12 hour launch time for 72-96 hour deployment
• Clinical and Facilities Groups
• Standardized minimal supplies, pharmaceuticals, and
capabilities
• Will have NO x-ray, Lab testing and surgery capability

24. EMTF-6 MMU Interior

25. Full Patriot System

26. Transport Systems

27. EMTF-6 Needs You
• Building committees for the four components with in
EMTF-6
– For the purpose of:
• Gaining the interest of Doctors, Nurses,
Paramedics, EMT’s, and other personnel with in
EMTF-6 Region
• Making our MMU, AMBUS, RN Strike Teams and
Ambulance Strike Teams stronger
• Gain enough interest to roster EMTF-6 Teams and
have a rostered on call schedule

28. Training & Exercises
• On May 14-16, 2012 We will have a
three day training and exercise that
will do the following:
–Train on all 4 components of EMTF
• Deployment & Demobilization
with EMTF
– Exercise at full scale level with
the four components

29. How do you get involved with EMTF-6?
• Get involved with one of the EMTF-6
Workgroups
• Ambulance Strike Team
• Mobile Medical Unit
• AMBUS
• RN Strike Team
• Exercise Planning Team
• Social Networking Workgroup

30. • Tuesday February 14, 2012 - EMTF-6 Workgroup
Conference Calls:
• Conference Call Number: (877) 381-8833 Participant
Access Code 52651
• Webinar: www.joinme.com At the beginning of the
conference call we will announce the participant access
code
• 9:00am - Multi Passenger Vehicle (MPV) Workgroup –(AKA
AMBUS)
• 11:00am – Ambulance Strike Team (AST) Workgroup
• 1:00pm – RN Strike Team Workgroup
• 2:00pm – Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) Workgroup
• 3:00pm – Marketing Workgroup (Social Networking,
Recruitment and promotion for EMTF-6)

31. • February 23, 2012 - Conference Call
• March 6, 2012 - Conference Call
• March 15, 2012 Face to Face Meeting – Location & Time
TBD
• March 20th – 21st 2012 WebEOC Conference - at the
Pitser Garrison Civic Center – Lufkin Texas – For
Registration go to www.detrac.org or www.netrac.org
• March 29, 2012 April 2-5, 2012 – Texas Emergency
Management Conference, San Antonio Texas
• April 12, 2012 – Face to Face Meeting– Location & Time
TBD
• April 26, 2012 - Face to Face Meeting– Location & Time
TBD
• May 3, 2012 –May 10, 2012 – Face to Face – Location &
Time TBD

32. Any
Questions?

33. Contact Us
RAC-H – Brenda Anderson-Cole or go to
www.DETRAC.org
RAC- Q or SETRAC – Darrell Pile, Russell Kaiser or
go to Go to www.SETRAC.org
RAC- R – Jo Maples or go to www.rac-r.com
Follow us on Facebook at:
• Cindy Riggan – Coordinator Page
• under Emergency Medical Task Force Region 6 - EMTF-6 Regional
Page
Follow us on Twitter at: EMTF_6
Cindy Riggan – EMTF-6 Coordinator
Main Office: 1111 N Loop West Freeway Suite 160 Houston Tx 77008
Office: (281) 822-4444 Mobile: (281) 940-6001 Email: Cindy.Riggan@setrac.org

34. For More Information
Contact Cindy Riggan – EMTF-6 Coordinator
Main Office: 1111 N Loop West Freeway
Suite 160 Houston Tx 77008
Office: (281) 822-4444 Mobile: (281) 940-6001 Email:
Cindy.Riggan@setrac.org
Follow us on twitter at:
EMTF_6
Follow us on Facebook at:
• Cindy Riggan – Coordinator
Page
• Emergency Medical Task Force
Region 6 - EMTF-6 Page