11. City Issues (garbage collection, electricity, water treatment, burial procedures, business plans)
List employees critical to maintaining the city. Determine the impact of a pandemic on businesses (e.g. which businesses should close? Are immediate sick leave policies in place in case there is an emergency?)
Will the city provide infection-control supplies (e.g. tissues, masks, gloves and their proper disposal?)
How long can the sewage treatment plant maintain water supplies during an emergency? How much chlorine does the City have? How long will it last in the event of an emergency?
People will die. Will mass graves be required? Where will bodies be stored? Is there enough refrigeration or body bags available during a crisis time? Assume that at least 3000 body bags will be needed for the City of Oshkosh. How many mortuaries are there in Oshkosh? In Winnebago County? Will cremation be mandatory?
Oshkosh Community Pandemic Flu Questions
The plan is divided into 12 sections
- Individual preparedness (stockpiling food, water, masks, medicines, miscellaneous)
- Create an emergency workforce team (who will be on this team)
- Role of the Media (educating the community)
- Community Communication (e.g. moving goods and services)
- Quarantine measures /Prevention/Travel/Curfews/Crime Prevention
- Public gathering policies
- Hospitals
- Pharmacies/Health Plans/Stockpiling Antiviral Drugs
- Long-term care, including nursing home residents and elderly living alone
- Vaccines
- City Issues (garbage collection, electricity, water treatment, burial procedures, business plans)
- Oshkosh Board of Health Role