Table 7. Outbreak response costs associated with an outbreak of salmonellosis, Alamosa, Colorado 2008.
Personnel | Other* | Total | |
Governmental organizations | |||
Federal Government | $19,040† | $19,040 | |
State of Colorado | $215,925 | $316,449‡ | $532,374 |
Alamosa County | $52,817 | $7,582 | $60,399 |
City of Alamosa | $50,872 | $19,023 | $69,895 |
Non-governmental organizations | |||
Volunteer organizations | $40,135# | $40,575 | $80,710 |
Other organizations | $60,896† | $60,896 | |
Total | $439,685 | $383,629 | $823,314 |
Includes transportation, supplies, lodging, etc.
As captured by City of Alamosa record-keeping.
Includes expenses covered by the state disaster fund (e.g., National Guard, incident management teams); these were all included in the “Other” category because personnel costs were not reported separately from other expenses.
Includes $7,920 for staff overtime (3 persons and a total of 750 hours of overtime) and $32,215 in estimated indirect costs associated with volunteer time (4,589 volunteer hours estimated at Colorado minimum wage rate of $7.02/hour).