Emergency Preparedness
HCHD is currently operating at Normal.
Alert information for staff is available from the district’s intranet, HCHD Staffing and Disaster Information Line (1-888-305-2979) or from their management team. See the links to plan and preparedness information to your left for further guidance.
All managers and staff assigned responsibilities for hurricane/severe weather and emergency planning and implementation are required to assess, review and prepare plans to ensure a constant state of readiness.
- HCHD is open for all business, including patient appointments.
- Staff is actively monitoring a developing situation.
- Emergency event may be localized to one or more facilities.
- All staff report to duty as scheduled.
- Notification is provided to appropriate management.
- Staffing and Disaster Information Line (1-888-305-2979) and intranet are updated, as needed.
- Hurricane ride-out (E1) staff may be released from duty to begin preparations at home and to return to work as directed. Non-essential staff may be released from duty or instructed to not report for duty.
- Emergency event may be widespread.
- Incident Command Center is activated.
- HCHD will usually be open for all scheduled patient appointments but some specific cancellations may occur (Note: Non-essential staff may be re-designated as essential to carry out clinic visits if necessary).
- Notification is provided to appropriate management.
- Staffing and Disaster Information Line (1-888-305-2979) and intranet are updated, as needed.
- All outpatient appointments will be cancelled. Typically, this level is only necessary during a hurricane or severe emergency conditions.
- All operations are coordinated by the Incident Command Center.
- Recovery (E2) staff are released from duty when the "ride-out" teams (E1) have taken over the operations of the institution (this is applicable to hurricanes only). Essential Rideout-E1 or Recovery-E2) staff are not released from duty during other emergency conditions.
- Notification is provided to appropriate management.
- Staffing and Disaster Information Line (1-888-305-2979) and intranet are updated, as needed.
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