Identifying the Dead: New Orleans Mortuary Response - ' DMort Base Case '
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Headquarters: 500 C St. SW, Suite 713, Washington, DC 20472
Phone: (202) 646-4580
Incident Commander: Charles Smith
Business: The Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, or Dmort, is made up of 10 regional teams. Each consists of medical, forensic and mortuary professionals. It is deployed when disaster strikes to identify the deceased and determine their cause of death.
Challenge: Assist in the rapid recovery and identification of 1,086 people who died in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina.
BASELINE GOALS:
- Set up a temporary morgue, staffed by medical, forensic and mortuary professionals from a five-state area, within one week after the hurricane hit.
- Identity 100% of the 1,086 bodies at New Orleans' morgues. Goal not met; more than 270 bodies remain unidentified as of Nov. 28.
- Determine the whereabouts of 4,748 people who were reported missing by family and friends, down from 10,633 as of early September.
Projects: Data Analysis 
