EVACUATION: Intermediate (2-12 hrs)

As the evacuation progress, the situation moves into an intermediate operational period (2-12 Hours). In this period, Finance and Administration is activated along with the Security Branch Director in the Operations Section. 

Command Staff

Incident Commander

-Notify hospital Board, CEO and other internal authorities of situation status and evacuation

Liaison

-Integrate with external agencies, including healthcare facilities

PIO

-Continue staff, patient, visitor and media briefings

Safety Officer

-Conduct ongoing analysis of existing response practices for health and safety issues related to staff, patients and facility; implement corrective actions to address

EVACUATION: Intermediate (2-12 hrs)

Operations Section

• Ensure appropriate patient care and management during evacuation
• Continue facility security, traffic and crowd control
• Ensure family notification of patient transfer
• Continue facilitating discharges
• Continue to communicate patient information and status to receiving facilities 

Planning Section

• Continue patient and personnel tracking and documentation
• Update and revise the Incident Action Plan
• Ensure complete documentation of activities, decisions and actions

Logistics Section

• Supply supplemental staffing to key areas to facilitate evacuation
• Provide for staff food and water and rest periods
• Monitor facility damage and initiate repairs, as appropriate, as long as it does not hinder evacuation of the facility
• Initiate salvage operations of damaged areas and relocate equipment from evacuated areas to secure areas or to other facilities

Finance/ Administration Section

• Track costs and expenditures of response and evacuation
• Track estimates of lost revenue due to evacuation of the facility