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NYDIS Training CurriculumOperations Module 3
Sites, Uniforms, & Putting It All
Together
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Objectives
In this module, you will: Gain familiarity with disaster response
facilities in which chaplains serve Understand how to do a death notification Gain insight into the culture of uniformed
personnel Create a spiritual response plan and
evaluate its effectiveness for at least one scenario
See that your presence makes a difference
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First Objective: Service Facilities Family Assistance Centers
(FACs) Respite Centers Morgues (Rare)
Temporary Morgue (T-Mort) City/County Morgue
Actual Site (Even Rarer)
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Local Sites We May Respond to Fires Local emergencies Shelters Points of Delivery (PODS) Cooling/Heating Centers Disaster Assistance Service
Centers (DASCs)
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World Trade Center Families
Photo courtesy of FDNY Photo Unit
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Family Assistance Center (FAC) Population:
Families, including children Themes:
Families not knowing Anxiety Fear Grief Loss Death of loved one
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Role of the FAC The role of the FAC is to provide a
safe and private place for survivors and families to grieve and/or await information regarding their loved ones.
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Role of the FACThis is the location where the NTSB and
the coroner's office will communicate with the families who have come to the vicinity [of the incident], including: progress in the recovery and
investigation collection of identifying information
from family members delivery of death notifications (sometimes) identification of
personal effects through photographs
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How to Open a Conversation in a FAC Introduce yourself and your
function
Start with fact/content questions What happened? When did you get here? Who’s missing?
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How to Open a Conversation in a FAC
Work with what they tell you and develop it if appropriate to the location and phase of the disaster.
Refer and/or direct them to the more appropriate person for their needs; offer to walk them to the next place in the disaster response area (within the FAC) where they are going.
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Person in Charge
At the FAC, that someone is the Spiritual Care (SC) Coordinator.
When you get there, find the SC Coordinator or their designee and report for duty: Let them know you are there Let them know the hours of
your shift Ask them what they need you
to do
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Working With Children
Working with children in the aftermath of disaster requires a special skill set. Generally, there will be a separate area set up for children within the FAC.
An approved team with expertise in working with children will set up and manage a secure area for child care, often near the family briefing room, so that family members will be in close proximity to their children.
Unless you have training in working with children or are specifically asked to visit a child, please leave this to those who are qualified to work with children.
(SRT Participant’s Guide, p. 71)
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Resources and Backup Remember: You are never alone.
If at any time you are uncomfortable with what is going on around you or what you are asked to do, please discuss the situation with your supervisor.
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Notes FAC bathrooms need to be checked
periodically for family members who may choose that place to grieve….
FAC Quiet Spaces accommodate one-on-one conversations with family members.
You can bring family member(s) to Quiet Spaces so that: You can hear each other They have some privacy They have safe space in which to
grieve
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Respite CentersPopulation: Uniformed personnel Construction
workers VolunteersThemes: Rescue and
recovery Focus on mission Predominantly male
environment Photo courtesy of FDNY Photo Unit
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Respite Centers The purpose of a Respite Center
is to provide a safe space and support for the workers on the site, in their efforts to rescue/recover victims and/or property.
A Respite Center is a place for the workers (mainly men) to gear down for a while before they go back out to resume their task.
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MorguesPopulation: Victims Medical examiners Morgue team Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Police ChaplainsThemes: Death Bodies, body parts Respect for the dead Cohesiveness around
identifying victims
Photo courtesy of FDNY Photo Unit
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Two Kinds of MorguesIn large disasters:
Main morgue – in NYC, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) at Bellevue
Temporary Morgue(s) (T-Mort) at the scene of the disaster
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The Morgue
American Red Cross may or may not be here, depending on resources and assignments.
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Second Objective: Death Notification Team will include Medical Examiner
(ME), Department of Mental Health (DMH), Chaplain
ME leads Be present! ME will ask if the family needs
anything else – if no, will usually leave you with family member(s)
Take your time Ask if they want a prayer
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NYC Death Notification Plan of Care Find out how they are getting home. Find out where they will be that night and
who will be with them. Ask if they are worried about any person
in the family. If children are involved, bring in child
specialists ASAP. Use Police Department (PD) as
messengers, if necessary; stay with family unless they want to be by themselves.
When they are ready, escort them to the door and into PD vehicle.
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Morgue Blessings (T-Mort) Check in with Medical Examiner (ME)
when you report to T-Mort. Work out with the ME when to bless
remains. Stay close but out of the way. Remember that the disaster may be a
crime scene. Keep your prayers and blessings brief.Your prayers are important to thosepresent and convey respect for the
dead.
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ARC Death Notification Death notification teams The DMH/Supervisor at the FAC will coordinate with the
appropriate representative from the coroner’s office to determine American Red Cross (ARC) involvement and procedures.
The ARC does not deliver death notifications. DMH and/or SC staff, however, often accompany those that do.
Notification teams need to have specific training. DMH and SC need to agree to restrictions placed on the team before they can be assigned.
Makeup of teams: Coroner's office representative, airline representative, DMH staff member, SC provides member (if family has expressed a religious preference). Families may request a DMH and/or SC worker who has been working with the family. If this is the case this request should be honored. Additional DMH and SC staff with the desired expertise should be available as needed.
Prefer well‑experienced DMH and SC personnel with specific training in death and dying and/or grieving. Need to have child specialists available.
SRT Participant’s Guide, pp. 72-73.
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Photo courtesy of FDNY Photo Unit
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Disaster Site Characteristics
Population: Construction workers Uniformed personnel OSHA (Occupational Safety and
Health Administration)Themes: Safety Body recoveries – construction
workers and uniformed personnel looking for both uniformed and civilian victims
Clearing the site
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If Brought on Site You are there at the invitation of
the service that brought you. None of the workers on site will let
you go anywhere that is not safe. You are serving under their
direction. You will follow their instructions and
guidance. Once there, look for the highest
ranking officer who is in charge of the removal and introduce yourself.
Ask what you should do to help. Make eye contact with other
workers and greet them personally.
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Photo courtesy of FDNY Photo Unit
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Line of Duty DeathsPoints to consider: Effects on all uniformed
personnel Respect given by all MOS
(Member of Service) Concern for members’ families Jurisdiction Ceremony Chaplain’s role and function
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Protocol for Line of Duty Deaths Honor Detail Uncover Prayer Recover Lead body or bodies through detail to
ambulance Uncover Prayer at ambulance Bless bodies in ambulance Recover
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Liturgy: for the Living Honors their dead Sanctifies their work Reinforces that protocol has
been followed
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Post On-Site Liturgy Find the Chief Officer who
directed you and say thank you See if there is more you might
be needed for later Thank those who bore the body Go back to the morgue for
prayers there Do not be a tourist
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Third Objective: Uniformed Personnel Cultures FDNY EMS NYPD PAPD (Port Authority Police
Department) Corrections Sanitation Military
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Uniform DynamicsIn general, the uniformed services: Are there to serve others. Each have a different dynamic and ethos Demonstrate (overall) sense of unity
(“the brotherhood”). Will accept you as belonging with them
by virtue of your being there. Generally respect and appreciate
chaplains, though they may not say so directly.
Hold uniformed chaplains in high regard.Your office is generally respected; give therespect back to them.
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Meals with Uniforms Coffee and meals are social
interactions (FDNY). If invited to have coffee or a
meal, sit down and join them. Be respectful. Contribute your share of the
conversation. By helping recreate their normal
environment, you will be restoring structure to the site.
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Fourth Objective: Response Plan Create a spiritual response plan for the
scenario assigned to your team from Attachment E.
Role-play your scenario and see if your plan works.
If it doesn’t, go with what is happening in the role-play and let it play itself out.
Once it’s over, critique your team’s plan.
Explore what worked and what didn’t work for the person role-playing the principle character, and for the other members of your team.
Report to the class what you learned during this exercise.
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AccessYou will be given access to a disaster
site: Only through an accrediting agency Only when scheduled
Security will be tight – You will need tohave your badge with you.
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Badges and Identification Are essential. No one goes to
any site uncredentialed or uninvited.
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Be Prepared!Chaplains’ Support Materials Appropriate clothing, including hat
and gloves, if necessary Water Snack bars Imodium (anti-diarrhetic) if necessary Prayer book from your tradition for
your use only NO tracts, pamphlets, handouts,
other than those provided/approved by the accrediting agency
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Resources for Chaplains Internal prayer Your own tradition to support
you, remembering the spiritual and religious diversity of where you are going.
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Fifth Objective: Making a Difference
What is it like?
Please listen to letters 1 and 2 in Attachment F: “What I Wish I Had Known”
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Objectives Review
In this module, you will: Gain familiarity with disaster response
facilities in which chaplains serve Understand how to do a death notification Gain insight into the culture of uniformed
personnel Create a spiritual response plan and
evaluate its effectiveness for at least one scenario
See that your presence makes a difference