Medical Incident Support Team (MIST)

Trained acute healthcare leadership providing Health and Medical subject-matter expertise & support to local jurisdictions, healthcare facilities & local health care infrastructure during disasters.

Rapidly deployable, 24/7 statewide response asset.
MIST deploy to impacted emergency & medical operations centers, & DDCs to provide integrated ESF-8 [Public Health & Medical] support to authorities, government agencies, hospitals, & state, regional, / local response partners during incidents.
MIST personnel are selected & received specialized training. TX EMTF MIST members come from the leadership of EMS, Fire, & Hospital member entities.
Each of the [8] EMTF Regions rosters MIST personnel.

Staffing is based upon personnel needs by location & are typed as teams of [2] or [6] personnel, [1] of which is designated as the Team Leader.
MIST personnel come from all component & mission profiles to cover the full spectrum of ESF-8 activations the TX EMTF responds to.
- Specialized components / mission profiles include but are not limited to:
  
  TX EMTF Overhead Team staff
  
  Incident command posts & emergency &medical operations center liaisons / support
  
  Wildland fire support
  
  Hospital, nursing home, / assisted livingcenter evacuations
  
  Infectious disease response
  
  Mass fatality response, etc.