DMATTERS and Meeting Minutes

The DMATTERS is the newsletter of the Toledo Area Disaster Medical Assistance Team. By reading these, you'll probably learn the most about this team.

October 2004
  • NDMS Training Completion Deadline
  • Commanders Corner
  • 1st in Team for October
June 2004
  • Commanders Corner
  • Current happenings / need to know
April 2004
  • First Call For June / October
  • Highlights from the NDMS Conference at next meeting
  • Spring Drill, May 29th, 2004
  • Current Happenings and Need to Know items.
  • Remembering Hurricane Andrew
Feb 2004
  • New Officers
  • Recruitment and applications processing
  • Spring Drill - May 29th,2004
  • Training offerings
  • Next team meeting Feb 18th, 2004
Jan 2004
  • Election results
  • Commanders Corner
  • Job description - Deputy Commander
  • Training Schedule - Jan - April
  • Orange Alert Update
July 2003
  • New homeland security ID's available
  • Spring drill a great success
  • Level 1 Conf call update
January 2003
  • Election results
  • Guam deployment and photos
  • Spring drill announcement
  • Grant funds and the National NDMS Conference
  • OH1 Immunization policy
  • OER Activity Report
October 2002
  • Elections
  • Toledo Express Airport Airshow 2002
  • Team member info reminder
  • Medwars Update
  • Upcoming Immunizations
  • Training Conference Call and Level 1 Conf Call minutes
July 2002
  • First in team, July and Dec 2002
  • Airshow 2002
  • MedWars competition
  • Upcoming drills and training opportunities
  • Treasurers report

April 2002

March 2002 Meeting Minutes

  • NDMS Conference, Atlanta, GA
  • Conference Call line for team meetings
  • OH-5 Training Announcement
  • Spring meetings education schedule
  • Training module update
  • ANG self aid buddy care report
  • June Drill announcement
  • Welcome new members

January 2002

January 2002 Meeting Minutes

February 2002 Meeting Minutes

  • Election results
  • Volunteer of the year
  • Callup reorganization
  • HR2333 update
  • 2002 training schedule
  • New York deployments
  • Self Aid Buddy Care at the Ohio ANG
  • NDMS Web Based Training hints
  • Olympic Deployment Update
November 2001
  • Election results to be released Dec 5th
  • Volunteer of the Year award
  • Job Descriptions, Deputy Commander & Treasurer
  • Fl-1 team member memorial fund
  • OH-1 deployment to NYC - 4 groups, 2 simultaneous deployments.
  • Ohio ANG Self-aid Buddy Care course
  • NDMS training program
  • Anthrax info resources on the Internet
  • TADMAT mailing list now private to TADMAT members only
  • Olympic deployment 2002 info
  • HR2333 bill in congress - protecting DMAT jobs
  • US Army Chem/bio course available
August 2001
  • Olympic deployment
  • Fall Field Exercise
  • Deputy Commander and Treasurer nominations
  • Volunteer of the year nominations
  • New photo ID's
  • House Bill 2333
  • DMAT administrative position
June 2001
  • Spring Drill & BBQ
  • Team officer elections
  • Fall drill announcment
  • Dallas Awards
January 2001
  • DMAT Volunteer of the year
  • DMAT Training Program
  • Disaster book on the web
  • Team elections
September 2000
  • DMATs in Taiwan
  • TADMAT receives funding for storage area
  • TADMAT news snippets
  • Fall field exercises to include MEDTEAMS training
  • TADMAT Annual submission form
June 2000
  • Sail Boston
  • EMS Week / Safe Kids
  • Chem/Bio training
  • Research and publications
  • Training opportunity
  • TADMAT Spring Exercises '00
  • Survey of team members immunizations
  • Random Hearts
  • Upcoming training topics
  • Highlights from NDMS conference 2000
  • Al Swingle, CISM Officer, resigns
February 2000
  • Annual NDMS conference, Las Vegas
  • First in team for February
  • DMAT winter drill March 4th
  • Education opportunities
  • Dues
  • Team bylaws passed
December 1999
  • DMAT team elections
  • TADMAT Bylaws
  • TADMAT annual dues
  • TADMAT committees presents their end of year report
  • Upcoming events
  • Y2K Readiness & Response
October 1999
  • TADMAT uniform shirts
  • TADMAT first on call for Oct.
  • Unit Commander has new address
  • TADMAT gets additional bank account
  • Lucas County disaster drill, Oct 23rd
  • TADMAT deploys to Hurricane Floyd
June 1999
  • NATO deployment
  • TADMAT receives $3000 from the Lutheran Brotherhood
  • Dr. Paul Rega receives Volunteer of the year award
  • TADMAT member elected to national post
  • TADMAT first call for June
  • Five members to attend NDMS annual conference, Wash, DC.
  • DMAT summer BBQ
  • DMAT personnel fact sheet
  • Commanders corner
  • DMAT uniforms
  • DMAT vehicle sorely in need of care and people to drive it
  • Sumex '99
  • TADMAT community open house July 19th
March 1999
  • TADMAT to deploy to NATO 50th
  • TADMAT welcomes new deputy commanders
  • TADMAT first out months
  • Dayton DMAT to hold April Drill
  • TADMAT to hold annual winter drill
  • NDMS Conf '99, Washington DC
  • Drill and meeting changes
January 1999
  • Dr. Rega resigns as Unit Commander
  • DMAT storage area relocated
  • Action Committee dissolves
  • New team leadership structure being developed
  • New ICS / leadership organizational chart
  • Deputy Commander nominations and elections
  • TADMAT on first call for Jan '99
  • CMN dance at BGSU looking for volunteers
  • TADMAT annual dues
  • TADMAT special committee focusing on team by-laws
  • Another busy year
January 1997
  • 1996 Fall Field Exercises
  • TADMAT members deploy during 1996 Olympics
  • 1997 meeting dates
  • Other important dates
  • Team phone / contact list to be published
  • The 5 person team concept
  • Ohio DMATs (Ohio EMS magazine article)
  • Here we go again: State of Ohio MOU fiasco
June 1996
  • 24 TADMAT members to deploy to 96 Olympic Games
  • TADMAT to be placed "on alert" during Olympic Games
  • June 19th meeting to feature Larry Gabrick - Stormwatch Techniques
  • June 23rd, city wide disaster drill: TeamEffort '96
  • Fundraiser scheduled at the Pharm stores, June 29th & 30th
  • 90 TADMAT members to be removed from roster for failure to
    maintain their team dues
February 1996
  • Editorial: is the 35 Member DMAT archaic
  • OMAT continues on
  • Summer TADMAT drill
  • TADMAT winter-fest a success
  • Dues $ reminder
  • TADMAT Executive Committee Page:
    • Executive Committee meeting 12/95
    • Executive Committee meeting 01/96
November 1995
  • TADMAT responds to Hurricane Marilyn
  • Airshow '95 a success
  • Holiday Party Committee
  • TADMAT information hotline
  • TADMAT pagers still available
  • TADMAT drill Nov 18-19
  • New committee formed
  • TADMAT to sign MOU with the State of Ohio
July 1995
  • TADMAT events to remember
  • TADMAT forms relationship with Lucas County EMS
  • TADMAT, the state of Ohio response teams
  • MOU with the State of Ohio ready to sign
  • Alphanumeric pagers still available
  • Team member takes ill
  • Generosity hath no bounds
  • OAEMS conference, TADMAT training a huge success
  • NDMS uniforms have arrived
  • NDMS drill canceled
  • 1st Aid volunteers sought for Jamie Farr tournament
  • Dues overdue for some
  • July and Aug meetings to focus on field living skills
February 1995
  • TADMAT meeting schedule for 1995
  • NDMS conference concerning refugee's in Tallahassee, FL
  • CEU's at monthly meetings
  • TADMAT makes deal with USA mobile for pagers
  • OAEMS conference to have disaster track
  • Rapid Deployment Team development continuing
  • Tour of Davis-Besse nuclear power station planned
  • NDMS annual conference in Nashville, TN
  • Planes, trains and TADMAT vehicles
September 1994
  • TADMAT Halloween party
  • CMN event canceled
  • Battalion Aid Station arrives
  • Dr. Frank Young, NDMS Director to visit
  • Meeting with the NDMS Director
  • Disaster Impact Severity Score and GIS exercise
  • Upcoming presentations and publications
June 1994
  • Commander's corner
  • TS Alberto strikes Florida coast
  • Haiti heats up!
  • Intercepted letter
January 1994
  • TADMAT to form cooperative agreement with GIS experts
  • DMAT Resupply Load arrives
  • TADMAT personnel reorganization takes place this month
  • OEP gears up to deploy teams to Haitian / Cuban refugee crisis
  • Ft. Wayne DMAT to hold conference March 5th
  • Research moving forward
  • Executive Committee meeting prior to Jan meeting
December 1993
  • Medical Matters: Hypothermia
  • Thanks to Dr. Yannick, SVMC Burn Center
October 1993
  • Westgate Kiwanis donate 5KW generator
  • TADMAT member to receive humanitarian award
  • TADMAT members treat victims in Lifesaver '93
  • Deadline for '93 dues December 31st
  • Point system for deployment organization
  • TADMAT fund raiser at Arby's
  • Kelly & Churton interviewed on Channel 24 news
September 1993
  • Arby's fund raiser
  • Oct 9th TOL disaster drill: Lifesaver '93
  • TADMAT now LEVEL-1 DMAT
  • NDMS announces basic load list
  • NDMS annual conference changes dates
  • The next meeting
  • TADMAT receives award at 93 Annual NDMS Conference
  • TADMAT gets telephone number and Voicemail
  • Disaster Medicine library
May 1993
  • Toledo Express Airport drill, Oct 9th
  • TADMAT meets with Marcy Kaptur, Congresswoman
  • Tom Reutershan replaced as OEP/NDMS head
  • May 19th meeting
  • June 12th & 13th field exercises
April 1993
  • April's meeting
  • Dues
  • DMAT booth
  • Airport disaster drill
  • DMATNEWS articles
February 1993
  • Dues
  • Attendance
  • Committees
  • Training schedule
  • DMATNEWS articles
  • Liability and workers compensation
January 1993
  • Post Andrew debriefing
  • Dues
  • First meeting of '93
  • Job classifications
  • DMAT electronic mail network
May 1992
  • MCH signs MOU
  • Next DMAT meeting
  • Volunteers needed
  • Write your representative
  • Pre-drill briefing