SAIII Objectives: An Overview

This list of objectives has been cooperatively generated by several groups across multiple domains. In addition to addressing problems seen within Katrina, the tsunami, and areas of current conflict, it is additionally designed to support the goals and intent of DoD Directive 3000.05 on building partner capacity to respond to complex contingencies.

The purpose of the task list is to inform participants of the need to show deeply integrated options to current problems in disaster response. It is also to stress the human face of those tragedies and the core responsibility we have to each other. That human side is sometimes placed in the shadow of a bureaucratic and technical response to an event. But, if the service aspect can remain paramount, much of the tension between agencies can be minimized, and efforts can be aligned to engender trust within the population served.

In past Strong Angel demonstrations we’ve employed a professional ethicist full-time on site, dedicated to supporting the Demonstration Coordinator in the maintaining of focus on the care of the affected population. We will to have an ethicist present for this demonstration as well.

One aspect of Strong Angel III that will be new for this demonstration is the development of an all-hazards analysis of threats to the medical and emergency response centers within San Diego County. There are new tools to assist in the development of such an understanding of risk and vulnerability; we’ll try some of them here.