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