GLOBAL HEALTHCARE & DISASTER PREPAREDNESS LEADERS WARN OF LACK OF PREPARDNESS FOR FUTURE PANDEMIC OUTBREAKS
Mass Fatality Incident (MFI) experts, like Michael Richardson, CEO & Founder of Mortuary Response Solutions, has been sounding the alarm for more than ten years about potential pandemics and the lack of preparedness. Richardson has said on numerous occasions that a pandemic of this magnitude is comparable to a Mass Fatality Incident. An MFI is an emergency management term used to identify a situation where the number of human remains exceeds the available resources. Richardson uses this analogy as he analyzes the current situation in many hospitals, funeral homes, and coroner facilities. Although many states, counties and cities anticipated the oncoming surge in cases, many overlooked the potential endgame Covid-19 presented. The eventuality was an overwhelming surge in death.
Pandemics can be naturally occurring or a man-made incident and can cause a mass fatality incident. Just over 100 years ago the “Spanish Flu” influenza, strain of A/H1N1H1N1 pandemic of 1918 killed tens of millions worldwide and overwhelmed response resources on a global level. Apparently, the lessons learned have been forgotten or misplaced. Experts in this field, particularly those who spent a decade urging Mass Fatality Incident Management planners to be prepared were for the most part ignored. The World Health Organization, Federal Government and many states developed guidance programs for MFI’s, however current results would suggest few were implemented, until after the 2020 surge began. Subject matter experts, like Richardson and his numerous colleagues, should have been taken seriously years ago. Now is the time to mobilize and act. We must be better prepared, otherwise future results could be catastrophic
About Michael P. Richardson
Mr. Richardson is the President / CEO of Mortuary Response Solutions, LLC. He has more than 24 years of experience in the homeland security and terrorism response industries. Before founding Mortuary Response Solutions, Mr. Richardson was the director of product development, design, engineering and implementation for one of the largest mass decontamination system manufacturers in the world. Mr. Richardson brings a wealth of hands on knowledge and experience to the industry, having provided extensive hands-on support at numerous disaster sites. Mr. Richardson supported the response effort at: Comair Flight 3272 in Michigan in1997, TWA Flight 800, East Moriches, NY in 1996, United Flight 93, in Shanksville, PA, in 2001and The World Trade Center, New York City, in 2001. Additionally, Mr. Richardson has worked internationally in Europe, The Middle East and Asia, in support of various national disaster and terrorism response initiatives.
About Mortuary Response Solutions
Mortuary Response Solutions, based in Belton, South Carolina is a designer & manufacturer of unique storage and packaging systems for mass fatality response. With over 20 years of mass fatality response experience, MRS was launched in 2007 to fill a void in portable cold storage systems for human remains. MRS pioneered and patented the use of Direct Contact Cooling for human remains storage. For further details on Mortuary Response Solutions® and the MERC®System, as well as the numerous other related products, visit our website: www.massfatalityresponse.com.
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