e verbal agreement is made in the interest of time sensitivity. It is very likely that some resources may deploy on their own.
Issue 3. Who will be legally responsible for costs?
EMAC specifies that the recipient State will reimburse the providing entity for cost of supplies and staffing. If a private entity is providing the asset, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) should be signed during the requesting period.
4. Determine the level of staffing that will be required and how and from where they will be mobilized
Issue 1: Does the cache come with staff?
May depend upon source of cache and any agreements made in advance or at time of deployment.
Issue 2: What will staffing needs be?
This is again a function of number of patients and severity of illness.
5. Identify the additional supplies and equipment that will be needed, where it will come from and how it will be mobilized
Current caches are largely shelf-life-insensitive in terms of supplies and oriented towards basic level care in terms of equipment. Any expectations beyond that will require supplementation from additional resources (such as the Strategic National Stockpile) or entertaining concept of transporting patients to distant hospitals for ongoing care (e.g., utilizing the National Disaster Medical System).
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