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Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS)
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Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS)
The Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System (DEMPS) Program is the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) main program for voluntary staff deployment of clinical and non-clinical staff to an emergency or disaster.
DEMPS may be used for internal VHA missions, as well as supporting external missions identified under the VA's 4th Mission and in direct support of the National Response Framework Emergency Support Function #6 (Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services) and/or #8 (Public Health and Medical Services).
VHA headquarters and Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Directors use the DEMPS database as a personnel resource listing to match personnel qualifications to emergency response requirements and needs. DEMPS personnel were designed for the following functions:
- Enhance health care services, internal and external to VA.
- Provide VA emergency management assets with clinical and/or administrative staff.
