Virginia-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team

Virginia -1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team was chartered in 2004. Between 2004 and 2009 VA -1 DMAT conducted an unprecedented 76 deployments to 69 different locations in 23 states on 84 separate missions. This included mission support responses to ten hurricanes, one five-state affected ice storm, three State of the Union Addresses, one Presidential State Funeral, one Presidential Inauguration, three National Police Memorials, four air shows, the Mardi Gras, and two Capitol Mall 4th of July Celebrations. During these deployments the team conducted 13 different types of operations to include Command & Control (JMT/MST/IRCT), DMAT, Strike Team, Disaster Mortuary Team support, hospital augmentation/staffing, communications, transportation, finger printing, logistics, Chief Medical Officer, damage assessment, aeromedical staging and Federal Medical Station missions. This included 352 individual deployments. VA-1 DMAT also conducted training in four states, at four conferences, during four air shows, and during two field training exercises. In 2010 the team will continue its growth, particularly in the area of clinical members, will be on-call for four months, and will continue to train and prepare for any mission for which we are tasked by NDMS.