Miami, May 15, 2017- Miami Dade College’s (MDC) North Campus will host the Florida Mortuary Operations Response System (FEMORS) Preparedness Exercise on Tuesday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 24. The exercise will include a disaster site for fatality recovery operations, a disaster mortuary portable morgue, a morgue identification center, and a victim information center.
The FEMORS exercise is in collaboration with MDC School of Justice, MDC School of Science, and The University of Florida. In conjunction with FEMORS and the Miami-Dade Department of the Medical Examiner, the Florida Air National Guard Fatality Search and Recovery Team, a U.S. Army Transportation Unit, and the Florida Department of Health, EFS 8, will also participate.
The State of Florida, in its disaster preparedness efforts, has collaborated to develop and implement protocols to respond to a mass fatality incident within its borders using trained personnel from multiple state and local agencies, as well as other specialized resources in the event of a human-made or natural catastrophic incident. The investigative and identification process in a mass fatality situation is a multidisciplinary endeavor requiring multiple forensic and medical specialists to come together rapidly often under adverse conditions.
MDC School of Justice
The renowned School of Justice at the North Campus has been training and educating public safety professionals for the past 41 years, domestically and internationally. More than 80 percent of all public safety professionals in Miami-Dade County have been trained at the School of Justice. The school offers associates degrees in criminal justice, a Bachelor in Applied Science degree in public safety management with seven specialized tracks, college credit certificates in homeland security and crime scene technology, certifications in basic law enforcement, corrections and firefighter, and private security, and specialized executive leadership training and assessment services.
MDC Funeral Service Education Program
Under the auspices of the School of Science, the Funeral Service Education Program began in 1964 on the North Campus and has trained many funeral directors and embalmers who continue to serve families in their local neighborhoods and nationwide. Our program covers Funeral Service Sciences and the Funeral Service Arts. One of the unique aspects of our program is that our students have the opportunity to gain “hands on” experience on campus in our Embalming and Restorative Arts labs.
WHAT: MDC’s North Campus to Host FEMORS Preparedness Exercise
WHEN: Tuesday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 24, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE: MDC’s North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27th Avenue
For more information, contact Dr. Raimundo Socorro, at 305-237-1328 or rsocorro@mdc.edu