Building Health Care Sector Resilience
Hospitals play a crucial role in community resilience, particularly in the face of increasing incidents of extreme weather due to climate change.
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Hurricane Harvey: Volunteer Efforts During Disaster
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) members respond to calls for help. National VOAD is an association of organizations that mitigate and alleviate the impact of disasters, provides a forum promoting cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration; and fosters more effective delivery of services to communities affected by disaster.
Resources for Quick Earthquake Response Decisions
2024 Disaster Conference
This presentation demonstrates efforts to mitigate hospital earthquake losses. It provides earthquake tools to assist emergency managers in making quick response decisions, including earthquake early warning to ease earthquake damage and injuries at health care facilities.
The Last Stand: Evacuating a Hospital in the Middle of a Wildfire
Learn about the experiences of Dr. Josh Weil, Skip Skivington, and Mitch Saruwatari during and after the North Bay Fires. ASPR TRACIE interviewed these Kaiser staff members about their personal encounter with the wildfire and professional ordeal evacuating a hospital in the midst of one.
American Red Cross and Community Response to the 2015 NorCal Wildfires
2016 Disaster Conference
This presentation reviews the response to the 2015 Northern California Wildfires, including operational priorities, challenges, successes, and lessons-learned from these events.
When Disaster Strikes: 2015 Butte and Valley Wildfires
2016 Disaster Conference
Sutter Health presents on the impact and their response to the 2015 Butte and Valley Wildfires, with a review of lessons-learned from these events.
Lessons from the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
2018 Disaster Conference
This session provided an overview of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) system and the NDMS deployment in response to the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. The presentation gave an overview of the priorities during these events, and now hospital operations were impacted as a result of this severe weather.
Improving Health Care Delivery in Disasters
2016 Disaster Conference
This resource provides an overview of how hospitals can prepare for a wide range of incidents that disrupt the flow of operations and reviews ways hospitals can be better prepared to sustain the impact of a storm, flood, or other natural disaster.
Wildfires During a Public Health Disaster Webinar
The world has been so focused on COVID-19 that it seems summer, and wildfire season, snuck up on us. Responding to wildfires in the midst of a pandemic is another example of how important it is for health care personnel and communities to work together. Preparing and thinking outside the box when it comes to wildfires while dealing with a community spread pandemic helps improve our response.
Preparing Fire Evacuation of Rural Hospitals
2018 Disaster Conference
This presentation provides an overview of steps hospitals can take in preparing for imminent evacuation due to wildfire events. The session provides an overview of Helena-Fork Fire, details the hospital’s immediate response, their actions and activities, reviews decision making strategies, and provides overall lessons-learned from the event.