Mass Casualty Response Plan
Natural and man-made hazards have the potential to generate large numbers of casualties. South Carolina is vulnerable to hurricanes, earthquakes, dam failure, terrorism, and other disasters that can affect human health. An influenza pandemic is an outbreak of a novel influenza virus that has the potential to cause many people to be seriously ill. Influenza pandemics present special requirements for disease surveillance, rapid delivery of vaccines and antiviral drugs, allocation of limited medical resources, and expansion of health care services to meet a surge in demand for care.
The Mass Casualty Plan is included in the State Emergency Operations Plan as Annex 25, Attachment H. Mass Casualty plans at the state and regional level describe how state agencies and partner organizations will work together to respond to a disaster or large-scale epidemic. South Carolina's Mass Casualty plan includes the state's plans for the Strategic National Stockpile and Pandemic Influenza.