Definition: Fatality management is the ability to coordinate with other organizations (e.g., law enforcement, healthcare, 

emergency management, and medical examiner/coroner) to ensure the proper recovery, handling, identification, transportation, 

tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains and personal effects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental/

behavioral health services to the family members, responders, and survivors of an incident.

 

Functions and Associated Performance Measures: This capability consists of the ability to perform the functions listed below. 

At present there are no CDC-defined performance measures for these functions.

Function 1: Determine role for public health in fatality management

Function 2: Activate public health fatality management operations

Function 3: Assist in the collection and dissemination of antemortem data

Function 4: Participate in survivor mental/behavioral health services

Function 5: Participate in fatality processing and storage operations