Baileys BLUF 20221020 Non Mission

What’s hot in the Response World today…

Public Health Emergency (PHE) Operations Center Status
Declarations CCHQ Support Operations Team (C2SOT)
Partial Activation
Flooding, Kentucky: 31Oct22 HHS SOC: Level III (Virtual Activation -
Monkeypox, Nationwide: 02Nov22 COVID-19)
Fiona, Puerto Rico: 19Dec22 CDC: COVID-19 (Agency-Wide Response)
Ian, Florida: 22Dec22 CDC: 2022 Ebola Outbreak – Uganda (Center-
Ian, South Carolina: 24Dec22 Led Response)
Opioid Crisis, Nationwide: 01Jan23
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Nationwide:
11Jan23

Administrative Operations/Updates/Requests

 LT Dixon and LT Adamu please see me for your $10 Gift Cards. You both rock!
 COERS due to rater no later than 31 Oct 2022. Please let your category, team leads or me

know if you need help reviewing or submitting. I will be working with every officer before
the end of the 1st Qtr. to set expectations for the 2023 operational year.
 Assignments for Blue/Gold – Officers new to region 3, please email me for your Blue/Gold
roster assignments.
 Steady State Assignments – anyone who has all of their equipment and would like to be
assigned for steady state work, please email me.
 Upcoming Training – Anyone who has travel upcoming and need travel/registration
assistance, please email me.
 Holiday Leave – Please email me your holiday leave all the way to New Year’s so we can
ensure we have office and deployment coverage. Submissions received prior to 5 Nov will
be given priority.
 Winter COVID/FLU Surge Preparedness

• Consider getting a COVID Booster Shot and DO NOT Forget to get your Flu
Vaccine before the deadline. According to Lynnette Brammer, a flu epidemiologist
and team lead for domestic surveillance in CDC's influenza division, the flu positivity
rate for the week ending Oct. 14 was 3% nationwide, but 5% in the South-Central
region and over 10% in the Southeast. Currently, most flu cases have been caused by
influenza A, specifically the H3N2 strain, which has been known to cause more
severe illness. "Not everybody got flu vaccinated last year, and many people did not
get the flu," said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky due to the COVID/Mask
Wearing Protocols. Not near an MTF, find your vaccine here:
https://www.vaccines.gov/find-vaccines/

 Listserv and Region Connects - Are you not getting emails or Signal alerts? Please email me
to ensure you are connected to your category, team leads, and all-hands messaging.

 Its that time of the month, I need to know everyone’s status. Please fill out the call down
drill information here: https://forms.office.com/g/dVWL2Smuri
• First survey completed gets “Throwback” USPHS Athletic Gear, next four will get a
cool USPHS Gift!

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Travel – Quick Tips & Tricks

Did you know that you should snap a photo of your luggage and bag tag before it heads
off onto the carousel? “Airlines are required to compensate passengers if their bags are
damaged, delayed, or lost,” the Department of Transportation's website reads. “Airlines
are required to compensate passengers for reasonable, verifiable, and actual incidental
expenses that they may incur while their bags are delayed — subject to the maximum
liability limits.”
And FYI, those “liability limits” are $3,800 for domestic delays and $1,780 for
international. This money can be used to cover the cost of items needed during a trip,
like new clothing, toiletries, or other necessary goods. If you do go out and purchase
items while your bag is delayed and before you are granted compensation by the airline,
make sure to hold onto the receipts to help with your claim later.

Official Passports

All PHERST Officers will be required to apply for and acquire an “Official” Government Passport.
The application process will require you to complete the following applications:

 The DS-82 is for those that currently hold a tourist passport or are renewing their official,
 The DS-11 is for those that do not currently hold ANY passport, or their most recent

passport is more than 15 years expired (please note that a DS-11 requires in-person
authorization).

All official passports are stored at CCHQ when not in use. You will be provided the
passport at least 24 hours prior to traveling. Please complete the document and get your
passport picture (at your own cost). Then send an email to me and I will provide you
with a UPS Package w/ tracking for CCHQ processing.

Deployer Tools

Show Me

Show Me is a suite of tools designed to enhance communication between individuals
with communication challenges and public health and emergency management personnel
and volunteers during times of emergencies.
The 3 tools in the suite include:

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1. Show Me: A Communication Tool for Emergency Shelters, a free paper-
based booklet intended to be used within an emergency shelter setting

2. Show Me for Emergencies, a free mobile app for Apple and Android phones
and tablets intended to be used within the settings of an emergency shelter, an
emergency dispensing site, and shelter-in-place and evacuation situations

3. Show Me for Emergencies: FAC (Family Assistance Center), a free mobile
app for Apple and Android phones and tablets intended to be used within the
setting of a family assistance center due to a mass casualty or mass fatality incident

View a copy of the tool: Show Me: A Communication Tool for Emergency
Shelters (DOC)

Show Me for Emergencies App

Show Me for Emergencies, our first mobile app, piggybacked on the foundation of the
Show Me booklet, and incorporated and expanded upon all of the icons and concepts
from the booklet.

Continuing Education

LinkedIn Learning
All OASH team members have access to LinkedIn Learning, an on-demand learning
solution designed to help you gain new skills. LinkedIn Learning provides a continuously
refreshed library of 13,000+ high-quality video-based courses taught by industry experts.
To get started, please click on the activation link: www.linkedin.com/learning/activate.
You will be asked to enter your work email address to verify your account. Once you
enter your email address, you will receive a link to activate your account. You do not
need to have a LinkedIn account to access LinkedIn Learning.

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Once you have activated your LinkedIn Learning account, you should save
www.linkedin.com/learning

Thank you for you service and continuing to
represent the PHERST Team so well!

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