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Annex L Resources for Local Disease Control Centre
1. This Annex outlines what needs to be considered when identifying a LDCC location and what resources are required to make it operational.
2. Location of a LDCC will be determined by a number of factors including:
- Location of the outbreak and potential for spread
- Availability of accommodation
- Road network to and from location
- Car parking
- Main services (particularly power and telephone line capacity).
3. The requirements set out below will also have a bearing on where the LDCC is established. All these factors will be considered by the DVMs in conjunction with other local agencies. Initially it may be decided to establish the LDCC at the Animal Health Office. It must be recognised that given that the size of the 5 Scottish Animal Health Divisions there can be no certainty that a LDCC will be located in the same Council area as the outbreak.
4. Capacity requirements:
- Main LDCC floor - open plan
- Briefing room
- Individual meeting rooms, media briefing rooms, and offices
- Laboratory facilities and secure sample handling room
- Facility to clean, disinfect and dry protective clothing
- Storage for chemicals and other stores with direct access to loading/unloading area
- Secure storage for medicines
- Stationery store and registry
- File server/communications room
- Canteen and rest area; toilets and showers
- Perimeter fence or boundary wall for site security
- Biosecurity points at building entries and vehicle wash in car park
- Showers
- Car parking
5. Staffing requirements:
Tackling an outbreak of HPAI/ ND would require staff from a number of different disciplines. Staff from the following areas would be required for a major outbreak, with numbers dependent on circumstances of the outbreak and procedures employed.
- Staff drawn from SVS resources and Temporary Veterinary Inspectors ( TVI).
- S/Animal Health Officer ( AHO) - again drawn from SVS resources.
- Field and office staff for Infected Area enforcement - based on staff enforcing movement restrictions on all roads into Infected Area.
- Administrative staff - including existing Animal Health Office staff, to be drawn from Scottish Executive emergency cadre.
- Procurement staff - drawn from Defra PCD sources of supply, supported by a small administrative team.
6. Significant staff resources are required at the beginning of an outbreak, with a tendency towards over rather than under staffing. The resources can then be built up or wound down as the outbreak develops or subsides.
7. Communication requirements:
- PCs and printers
- Internal cabling
- Sufficient telephone lines
- Prodigious power supply
- File server(s)
- GIS machines, software and plotters (number dependent on size of outbreak).
8. Facilities management requirements:
- Site security
- Canteen operation (including very early/late operations)
- Laundry service
- Building maintenance and cleaning.
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