Emergency Vehicle Decontamination planning tools

Start with the First 24 Hours Planner. It asks whether evidence may be involved and whether the unit is needed for coverage. It also asks whether odor or needles are present, plus a few other facts. Then it gives you an ordered list of who to notify, what to hold, and what to photograph. Once those steps are moving, the risk check and vetting checklist help you decide who does the clean.

Your answers stay in your browser for the session. They are not sent to this site, a vendor, or an insurer. Use the copy or print button in each tool to save the results for your unit's cleaning record. Closing the browser or clearing its data erases what you entered. So save anything you want to keep before you leave.

It can help you see what drives the price of a deep clean. That includes replacing soft items, after-hours work, more than one unit, and records. It also lists items a written quote should include. But it is not a price source for a purchase order. Ask each vendor to list the same line items. Then your buying office can compare quotes the same way.

Yes. The questions are worded to cover patrol cars, prisoner vans, and fire truck cabs. They also cover contracted patient vans as well as ambulances. When a tool asks about stretchers or benches, answer for the matching part of your vehicle. That might be rear seats, dividers, and restraints. Keep in mind that handling evidence may add steps for police vehicles.

It treats liquid waste as its own question. The right path for canister contents and fluids pulled from soft items depends on local sewer rules. It also depends on the agency's medical waste setup. The tool does not assume a drain is fine. Instead, it tells you to check with the local sewer authority and your regulated waste hauler before you get rid of anything.

Yes. Agencies that insure themselves still need to record the cause of the loss. They must tell risk management within their own deadlines, get a written work plan, and track the decision. The organizer's steps line up with that process. It makes a summary that fits a risk-management file. If a commercial fleet policy or special vehicle coverage exists, it reminds you to check those too.

You should. Each tool makes a summary you can copy into an email or print. Share the planner's action list or the checklist's open questions. This gives your infection-control officer a fast view of where things stand. It also lets them add agency rules the tool cannot know about. For example, your agency may require a set product list or a certain way to test the results.