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Table 1 Disaster management teams and tasks in the ER-HQ of the Japanese Government

From: Case study of medical evacuation before and after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in the great east Japan earthquake

Group of teams

Team

Tasks

A: Integration teams

A1

Integration of real-time situations

A2

Tactics building and analysis

A3

Meeting and public relations

B: Information teams

B1

Integration of information

B2

Information sharing

B3

Reporting of collected information

C: Operation teams

C1

Integration of operations

C2

Response

C3

Transportation

C4

Logistics

C5

Medical transportation

C6

Reception of international aid

C7

Sheltering and evacuation

C8

Infrastructure and life lines

D: General affairs

D1

Integration of general affairs

D2

Distribution of food and nutritional supplements

D3

Publicity

D4

General affairs and communication

D5

Dispatch of government persons