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FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM - DECEMBER 2, 2005 care shelter residents, and include the consideration of the essentiality of airborne delivery of supplies to areas where ground transportation infrastructure is vulnerable to heavy damage and/or obstruction. CFA 9 - Mass Care (Sheltering, Feeding, and Related Services) Elements of former CFA 2, "Ensure operational viability of mass care shelters and medical treatment facilities" are incorporated into this CFA: • Revise or update current plans to include the provision of hazardous /toxic substances portal and point detection and monitoring, decontamination and public safety support to mass care shelters and medical treatment facilities by designated personnel and equipment. • Consider the establishment of reception centers, which consolidate monitoring, triage, decontamination, and registration of affected persons. • Identify agent antidotes by types and dosage volumes and planning for storage, dispersal, and dispensing, and awareness of how agent antidote dosages may impact the health of vulnerable populations (e.g., immune- suppressed individuals, children). • Consider the needs of individuals with disabilities and those who require continued medical maintenance to maintain their health when establishing sheltering and reception centers. CFA 10 — Emergency Public Information and Warning Former CFA 3 applies to this CFA. Review and revise planning for pre -event emergency public information message content scripting /templates and arrangements for multiple modes of message dissemination. Ensure that the distinctive characteristics of radiological, biological, and chemical agents are reflected in template messages and that self -help contamination avoidance and decontamination actions are also included. Review and revise planning for pre -event emergency public information message content scripting /templates and arrangements for multiple modes of message dissemination including accessible communication for individuals with hearing and vision disabilities. CFA 11 — Fatality Management This CFA links to the Target Capability for Fatality Management. CFA 12 — Volunteer Management and Donations This CFA links to the Target Capability for Volunteer Management and Donations. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness The updated version of the HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan was issued on November 1, 2005 and is available on -line at httD: / /www.bhS.gov /13anden1icflu /Dlan /. As stated in the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparing for a pandemic requires the leveraging of all instruments of national power, and coordinated action by all segments of government and society. Influenza viruses do not respect the distinctions of race, sex, age, profession or nationality, and are not PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE'S OFFICE OF GRANTS AND TRAINING 99