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Table 3 Pre-existing resource networks frequencies (N = 118)

From: Mass fatality preparedness among medical examiners/coroners in the United States: a cross-sectional study

 

n(%)a

Local Office of Emergency Management/Civil Defense

99 (83.9)

Local funeral homes, cemeteries, crematories

97 (82.2)

Local first response organizations

95 (80.5)

Local/State Department of Health

92 (78.0)

State Office of Emergency Management/Civil Defense

88 (74.6)

Federal assets

85 (72.0)

Voluntary organizations

79 (67.0)

Local health care organizations

78 (66.1)

Other nearby Coroner/Sheriff’s office/Justice of the Peace

74 (62.7)

Other nearby office of medical examiner

65 (55.1)

Faith-based organizations

51 (43.2)

Disaster management vendors/contractors

47 (39.8)

Other

4 (3.4)

  1. aData shown represent individuals who endorsed each item on the checklist.