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The team is in a normal preparation and training mode. Welcome to our site.Thank you for your interest in your Alaska1 (AK-1) Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) AK-1 DMATAK-1 is a group of your friends and neighbors from all over Alaska that have volunteered their time to prepare and stand ready to provide medical assistance in the event of a disaster, both natural - such as Hurricane Katrina, or man made - like the terrorism that occurred on September 11th 2001. Your team is able to field a 35 person field medical facility that is able to operate independently and without re-supply for up to 72 hours. This requires more then just medical personnel, our membership includes folks from varied occupations and skill levels such as, administration, security, communications, logistics, maintenance and more. National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)Although we are a group of volunteers. Your team is organized as part of the National Disaster Medical System. Across the country there are over 70 DMAT teams having the same equipment and capabilities as your Alaska team, allowing us the flexibility to replace teams that have been deployed or to provide individuals to fill in on other teams if needed. We need you!What does the color scheme mean?You may have noticed that the background color scheme changes on occasion. These colors represent the current status of the team. GREEN: The team is on an advisory status
The Alaska 1 DMAT web site is a work in progress. In order to provide a rapid release of the website there is still editing to be done. Please be patient corrections and updates are being made regularly.
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