Fatality Management & Dignified Handling Logistics Team
Managing mass fatality operations with dignity, professionalism, and the forensic rigor needed for victim identification.
Unit Mission
The Fatality Management & Dignified Handling Logistics Team manages mass fatality operations — coordinating the recovery, handling, storage, and identification of disaster victims with the dignity, professionalism, and forensic rigor needed to serve both the deceased and their families. The team applies mass fatality management, forensic science, and family assistance to establish temporary morgue operations, coordinate victim recovery, manage remains storage, and support the identification processes that return victims to their families.
Key Functions
Remains Recovery
Coordinating the recovery and dignified handling of disaster victims — managing remains recovery operations, maintaining chain of custody, and ensuring that all victims are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.
Morgue Operations
Establishing and operating temporary morgue facilities — managing remains storage, coordinating forensic examination, and maintaining the documentation systems needed for victim identification and legal certification of death.
Family Assistance
Operating family assistance centers — providing information, support, and ante-mortem data collection services to families of the missing, and coordinating the communication of identification results with compassion and sensitivity.
Operational Capabilities
Disaster, Climate & Infrastructure Resilience Directorate
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Pacific 7.0 International recruits emergency managers, structural engineers, earth scientists, climate resilience specialists, and logistics professionals committed to building a more disaster-resilient world.