ID
12-508-1137
Name
Receiving, Staging, and Storage Task Force
Status
Published
Version
1.7
Updated
11/22/2019 3:26:57 PM
Original Release
03/14/2008
Last Major Release
11/22/2019
Description
The Receiving, Staging, and Storage (RSS) Task Force accepts, stores, and locally organizes large amounts of medications, medical supplies, medical countermeasures, and medical equipment for large-scale distribution from sources such as the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), vendor managed inventories (VMI), or locally-sourced inventories
Resource Category
Medical and Public Health
Primary Core Capability
Public Health, Healthcare, and Emergency Medical Services
Secondary Core Capability
Planning
Resource Kind
Team
Overall Function
The RSS Task Force:
1. Augments existing Authority Having Jurisdiction's (AHJ) warehouse staff.
2. Inspects, receives, and stores incoming pharmaceuticals and other assets and distributes them to Points of Dispensing (POD) and other pre-planned distribution points, such as healthcare facilities, universities, military installations, private businesses, or non-governmental organizations
3. Communicates with the AHJ, ordering entity, and end receiver, as appropriate
4. During demobilization, executes plan to recover unused medical resources as warehousing activities diminish
5. Coordinates with support agencies to inventory, reorganize, and reconstitute stockpiles for return to pre-incident levels, and release personnel from medical supply management and distribution duties, as necessary
6. Provides just-in-time training, as necessary, to local jurisdiction to sustain operations
Composition and Ordering Specifications
1. Discuss logistics for deploying this task force, such as working conditions, length of deployment, security, lodging, transportation, and meals, prior to deployment
2. Requestor augments this task force as necessary by ordering additional specialists, such as a transportation team leader or security and safety team leader, as single resources
| Supporting Core Capabilities |
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| None |
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| Component | Notes | |||||||
| MINIMUM PERSONNEL PER TEAM | Not Specified |
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| MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT PERSONNEL PER TEAM | Not Specified |
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| SUPPORT PERSONNEL PER TEAM | Not Specified |
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| Information Technology Equipment Per Team | Appropriate software may include word processing, data spreadsheets, and inventory management system software |
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| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Equipment Per Team Member | The following regulation addresses PPE: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910.132: Personal Protective Equipment. |
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| COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT PER TEAM | Not Specified |
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| References |
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| Reference |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Receiving, Staging, and Storage Task Force Leader |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Receiving, Staging, and Storage Operations Team Leader |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Receiving, Staging, and Storage Logistics Team Leader |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Receiving, Staging, and Storage Tactical Communications Team Leader |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Receiving, Staging, and Storage Distribution Team Leader |
| FEMA, NIMS 509: Receiving, Staging, and Storage Finance/Administration Team Leader |
| FEMA, National Incident Management System (NIMS), October 2017 |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910.132: Personal Protective Equipment, latest edition adopted |