The Toledo Area Disaster Medical Assistance Team (TADMAT) is a Level-I DMAT of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) and is located in Toledo, Ohio. The TADMAT is capable of responding within four hours to anywhere in the State of Ohio to assist victims of a disaster. The team can remain self-sufficient for up to 72 hours and can treat up to 250 victims per day. The TADMAT consists of over 125 Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians, Respiratory Therapists, and other support personnel. Each response element of the team consists of a 10-20 member Rapid Deployment Team which is followed by the full team element consisting of 35 staff.
The TADMAT is an area wide team and service element of the participating Toledo area hospitals and is committed to respond to both natural and man made medical disasters to reduce morbidity and mortality and to ease the suffering. The TADMAT will make itself available to first the Toledo area community, then the Northwest Ohio community, next the State of Ohio and lastly to the Federal Government of the United States of America. The TADMAT is considered a local asset first and then the asset of the State of Ohio and Federal Government. Some scenarios that The TADMAT might be utilized for at the local, regional or state level include severe multi-casualty incidents (MCI's) such as an airplane crash at the Toledo Express Airport, a downtown Toledo high rise building disaster such as a fire, an oil refinery fire, or assisting in a community devastated by a tornado.
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