Dr. Shane Robbins, Superintendent of Mount Vernon School System, spoke to Kiwanis about the Federal Coordinating Center where his title is Lt. Col. In 2017, Lt. Col Robbins was activated on 48 hours notice to staff a Federal Coordinating Center, near Fort Jackson, in Columbia South Carolina.
The activation was due to the problems associated with Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Robbins has been in the Armed Services for over 30 years.
The Federal Coordination Center (FCC) Columbia team was
responsible for receiving patients evacuated in the aftermath of Hurricane
Maria on flights from either Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, evaluating
the patients, and then setting them up with care at a local hospital. FCC
Columbia, a team led by U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers, was the first Department of
Defense team to be activated and receive patients in history. FCC Columbia was
a joint operation between the Army Reserve, active Army and multiple civilian
agencies.
The team performed this service coordinating with Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Public Health Service, and hospitals and human services agencies in the Columbia area. They place 64 patients over a period of 28 days.
Dr. Robbins is leaving Mount Vernon Schools to be Superintendent of Kershaw County School Board in Camden, South Carolina. Camden is about 35 miles from Fort Jackson and Columbia SC. Dr. Robbbins quipped that his GO bag will now be smaller.
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