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Table 10. Components of National Disaster Medical Assistance System

Team	Type	Composition	Deployment	Availability
DMAT	Type I DMAT	105 or more deployable members with 12 physicians, and at least 3 physician assistants (PAs) or Nurse Practitioners (NPs), 3 RNs, 3 pharmacists and 3 paramedics.	Ready within 6 hours of activation.	9 teams
	Type II DMAT	90 or more deployable members with at least 9 physicians and at least 3 PAs or NPs, 3 RNs, 3 pharmacists and 3 paramedics.	Ready within 12 hours of activation.	12 teams
	Type III DMAT	50 or more deployable members with at least 6 physicians, and at least 2 PAs or NPs, 2 RNs, 2 pharmacists, and 2 paramedics.	Deployable locally for intrastate emergency situations ready within 24 hours	18 teams
	Type IV DMAT	Teams under development.	May supplement other teams as necessary to allow members to obtain experience.	16 teams
National Pharmacy Response Teams		Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and students of pharmacy organized in each of the ten Department of Homeland Security Regions used to assist in chemoprophylaxis or vaccinations or in another scenario requiring many pharmacists.	Deployed in the event of a declared national disaster	10 teams
National Nurse Response Teams		Teams of registered nurses who could be called upon to assist in chemoprophylaxis or vaccinations. In the future will be two large regional teams (eastern and western regions of the country)	Team size varies from 5-30 members. Deployed in the event of a declared national disaster	10 teams

Note: Availability based on communications with FEMA/NDMS staff member 11/04 and National Disaster Medical System, 2/1/05.

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