Trained personnel will be available to establish the means and methods for the most reasonable and proper care and handling of the dead in multi-death, earthquake disaster situations, and in the event of mass casualties. Potential use areas such as mortuaries, cemeteries and National Guard Armories are pre- identified in major population centers to be used as temporary morgue sites.
Training is conducted three times a year for members and non-members of the association.
Members of the Missouri Funeral Directors Association also receive training through the State Emergency Management Agency and through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They participate in exercises and drills. MFDA indicated that currently the pre-identified mortuary sites are those generic sites mentioned above. The State may wish to consider pre-identification of the temporary sites in each of the MFDA districts as well as the major population centers. Pre-identify temporary sites in major population centers and in each of the MFDA districts.