BioWatch (BW) User Feedback Survey

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Overview

Survey
Stakeholders

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Sheet 1: Survey

#	Question	Type	Options
1	General
1.1	What is your discipline/agency?	Check Box
			Law Enforcement
			Fire Service
			HAZMAT
			Public Health
			Emergency Management
			Laboratory Manager
			Military
			Other
1.1.1	If other, please specify	Text
1.2	What is your level of government?	Radio Button
			Local
			State
			Regional
			Federal
			Tribal/Territorial
			Non-government
1.3	What is the population size of the largest city in your BioWatch jurisdiction?	Radio Button
			0-500,000
			500,000-1,000,000
			1,000,000-5,000,000
			5,000,000+
1.4	Based on your planning, what is the number of casualties requiring hospitalization that the largest city in your BioWatch jurisdiction uses for mass casualty estimates?	Text
1.5	Based on your planning, what is the number of fatalities that largest city in your BioWatch jurisdiction uses for mass casualty estimates?	Text
1.6	What percentage of your BioWatch jurisdiction do you estimate the existing system covers?	Radio Button
			1-24%
			25-40%
			41-60%
			61-85%
			86-100%
1.6.1	Is that percentage sufficient?	Radio Button
			Yes
			No
			I don't know
1.7	Does BioWatch adequately protect your high priority/high threat infrastructure?	Radio Button
			Yes
			No
			I don't know
1.8	What type of outdoor environments exist in your jurisdiction that require aerosolized biothreat detection?	Check Box
			Stadiums/venues
			Festival/Fairgrounds/Amusement Parks
			Large parks
			Waterfront public beaches
			Parade and Race routes
			Entertainment Districts
			Other (add text option)
1.8.1	For each outdoor environment checked, please rate the priority for biothreat detection.	Table
			Very High
			High
			Medium
			Low
			Very Low
1.9	What type of indoor environments exist in your jurisdiction that require biothreat detection?	Check Box
			Enclosed stadiums
			Large entertainment venues (e.g. theaters, concert halls, nightclubs)
			Convention Centers
			Large-capacity religious buildings
			Shopping malls
			Government owned/occupied buildings
			High value privately owned/occupied building
			Other (add text option)
1.9.1	For each indoor environment checked, please rate the priority for biothreat detection.	Table
			Very High
			High
			Medium
			Low
			Very Low
1.10	What type of partially-indoor environments exist in your jurisdiction that require biothreat detection?	Check Box
			Airports
			Transit Centers (e.g. harbors, subway/train systems, bus terminals etc.)
			Outdoor Malls (e.g., outlet malls)
			Other
1.10.1	For each partially indoor environment checked, please rate the priority for biothreat detection.	Table
			Very High
			High
			Medium
			Low
			Very Low
1.11	In your opinion, does BioWatch target the number and types of bioagents that your jurisdiction is concerned about?	Radio Button
			Yes
			No
			I don't know
2	Notification
2.1	Does your municipality have a 24-hour Operations Center where a watch officer or other staff is available to constantly monitor for/view notifications?	Radio Button
			Yes
			No
2.2	What is your municipality Operations Center's preferred method of receiving notifications?	Check Box
			Phone
			Text
			Email
			Other
2.2.1	If other, please specify	Text
2.3	Would an earlier notification (of a possible aerosolized biothreat detection) enable more timely decision-making, planning, and response operations?	Radio Button
			Yes
			No
			I don't know
2.4	What information does your jurisdiction consider when planning for, or deciding to respond to, ANY biothreat notification (including white powdered)? Please consider both currently provided information OR information that is not provided but would assist planning and response.	Check Box
			Agent family
			Confidence level
			# of particles
			Wind direction
			Wind speed
			Time since initial detection
			Location of initial detection
			Location of potential dispersal devices
			Images/video
			Status of nearest sensor(s)
		Text	Other
2.5	For your post-notification processes, please rank each of the following information types as very high, high, medium, low, or very low priority.	Check Box
		Very High	Agent family
		High	Agent
		Medium	Confidence level
		Low	# of particles
		Very Low	Wind direction
			Wind speed
			Model projections
			Time since initial detection
			Location of initial detection
			Location of potential dispersal devices
			Images/video
			Status of nearest senor(s)
			Other information
2.6	Please indicate which level of timeliness and confidence you prefer for notifications? Timeliness refers to the speed in which a notification is delivered after a possible biological threat is detected and confidence refers to the probability that a true biological threat exists.
		Radio Button	Notification in 1 hour with 20% confidence
			Notification in 2 hours with 40% confidence
			Notification in 4 hours with 60% confidence
			Notification in 8 hours with 80% confidence
			Notification in 24 hours with 90% confidence
2.7	Have you had problems with BioWatch alerts and data reaching the intended recipient in a timely manner?
		Radio Button	Yes
			No
			I don't know
2.7.1	If yes, please describe
2.8	Please rate the importance of being able to archive notifications for post-incident analysis.	Text
		Radio Button	Extremely Important
			Highly Important
			Important
			Moderately Important
			Not at all Important
2.9	Please rate the importance of having redundant communications to receive notifications in a degraded communications environment (i.e., cache notification/data and resend when communications are restored)?
		Radio Button	Extremely Important
			Highly Important
			Important
			Moderately Important
			Not at all Important
2.10	For this question please consider biological threat scenarios outside of the BioWatch system (i.e. white powder). Please indicate the highest percentage of notifications that your jurisdiction is willing to accept that did not result in the presence of a true biological threat.
		Radio Button	1%
			2%
			5%
			10%
			20%
			Other
2.10.1	If other, please specify
3	Retrieval	Text
3.1	What personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided to those responsible for the retrieval of a sample of a potential biological hazard?
		Check Box	N-95 mask
			Gloves
			Air-purifying respirator
			Level A suit/SCBA
			Tyvek suit
			Other
3.1.1	If other, please specify
4	Field Screening	Text
	Since the BioWatch program does not currently have a field screening capability the purpose of this section is to gather insight on what is the desired performance of a field screening capability if it was made available.
4.1	For the purposes of this question please consider scenarios outside the BioWatch system (i.e. white powder) Which agency in your jurisdiction is responsible for field screening? (e.g. hand-held assays)
		Radio Button	Law Enforcement
			HAZMAT Team
			Public Health
			Other
			My jurisdiction does not conduct field screening
4.1.1	Please indicate why your jurisdiction does not conduct field screening?
		Check Box	Lack of training
			Lack of equipment
			Legal/policy constraints
			Other
4.1.1.1	If other, please describe
4.2	For the purposes of this question please consider scenarios outside the BioWatch system (i.e. white powder). Does your jurisdiction have dedicated staff for field screening of potential biothreats?	Text
		Radio Button	Yes
			No
			I don't know
4.3	Can personnel manipulate samples (e.g. split, aliquot, cut, separate etc.) for field-screening in your jurisdiction?
		Radio Button	Yes
			No
			I don't know
4.4	What is the preferred media for environmental sample collection?
		Check Box	Filter
			Swabs
			Swipes
			Frierson, Kristina: Should we diff between wet and dry collection? Goes to viability of sample for downstream analysis Sponges
			Liquid media (e.g. salt solutions)
			other
4.5	For the purposes of this question please consider scenarios outside the BioWatch system (i.e. white powder). Where are field screening activities conducted?
		Check Box	Department vehicle
			Pre-designated screening location on site
			Other
4.5.1	If other, please specify
4.6	Please indicate which level of timeliness and confidence you prefer for field screening notifications? Timeliness refers to the speed in which a notification is delivered after a possible biological threat is detected and confidence refers to the probability that a biological threat exists.	Text
		Radio Button	Screening in 15 min with 20% confidence
			Screening in 30 min with 40% confidence
			Screening in 1 hour with 60% confidence
			Screening in 2 hours with 90% confidence
5	Maintenance
5.1	Does your jurisdiction have local maintenance capability (e.g. not contracted by DHS) for biothreat detection systems?
		Radio Button	Yes
			No
			I don't know
5.1.1	If yes, please specify
5.2	Have you experienced any specific problems with maintenance of BioWatch equipment?	Text
		Radio Button	Yes
			No
			I don't know
5.2.1	If yes, please briefly describe the specific problems
5.3	What is the minimum acceptable service life your jurisdiction can support for a biodetection system	Text
		Radio Button	2 years
			5 years
			10 years
6	Conclusion
6.1	What other challenges do you have with the current BioWatch system?	Text
6.2	What capabilities would you like to see in an upgraded biological detection system?	Text

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Sheet 2: Stakeholders

First Responders

State and local municipal staff

HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

DHS S&T

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

DoD Join Program Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO CBRND)

DoD Force Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Biowatch Advisory Committee

Federal Working Group (HHS ASPR, CDC, DoD PFPA, EPA, CST/NGB, FBI)

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)

CONOPS workshop participants? (54) (postponed)

First Response Workshop participants? (48)

Public Health Workshop participants? (47)

PH and Lab Attendees meeting participants? (?)

Lab Directors meeting participants (?) (postponed)

InterAgency Board