Developed by the Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Councils, this tool highlights some of the impacts of a water interruption and poses questions to ask to help you prepare for an interruption.
To maintain daily operations and patient care services, health care facilities need to develop an Emergency Water Supply Plan (EWSP) to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a total or partial interruption of the facilities’ normal water supply.
Developed by ASPR TRACIE, this toolkit was developed to assist health care facility managers and emergency planners to identify issues and considerations when planning for and responding to various types of utility failures.
2024 Disaster Conference
This presentation focuses on the dynamics of emergency preparedness under adverse conditions, where collaboration and communication faced unique challenges within an unfamiliar setting. Gain insights into the complexities of managing power outages while ensuring the safety and well-being of all those involved and obtain lessons learned for enhancing emergency preparedness response strategies.
The Guidelines for Developing Best Practices to Assist California Hospitals in Preparing for and Responding to a Water Disruption toolkit may be used for hospital water disruption planning activities.
2023 Disaster Conference
Learn about PG&E’s overall Incident Command Structure (ICS) during event activations, the power outage restoration process, and real-life examples of emergency events that impacted hospitals. session included an overview of the process to coordinate response safely and efficiently to an emergency event affecting gas or electrical system from planning, activation, assessment, restoration, and deactivation.
2023 Disaster Conference
California forced hospitals to rely on emergency power by initiating Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) to minimize the risk of wildfires triggered by power lines. Hospital generator failures led the LA County Healthcare Coalition to launch an initiative to identify emergency power vulnerabilities and develop innovative solutions to close gaps. This initiative culminated with the publication of the Healthcare Facility Emergency Power Resilience Playbook to bolster hospital emergency power resilience in their jurisdictions.
Hospitals must have strategies in place to ensure the continuity of their operations, minimize disruptions, and manage increased patient loads in crisis situations. Hospital preparedness strengthens resilience and improves outcomes for both patients and the health care system. To support hospitals in their planning and response to disaster events, this collection of resources is organized […]