The Anatomy of a Flood Disaster (A HICS Perspective)
Target Audience
Administrators, CEO's, executive directors, safety officers, PIO's and anyone at hospitals, community clinics, and skilled nursing facilities, who may be assigned to the Incident Command Center during a disaster.
Registration for this conference has closed.
The Anatomy of a Flood Disaster
(A HICS Perspective)
Friday, February 22, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Rotunda Conference Room
DHS Administration Building
3313 Chanate Road
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
(directions to this location)
Conference Description
Disaster Scenario
At approximately 4:54 a.m., a security officer at the Kaiser Santa Rosa hospital notified the hospital communications department and nursing supervisor that there was a flood in the hospital at the lower level.
At approximately 5:00 a.m., the nursing supervisor called another safety officer and told him, "The hospital has flooding in the lower level. When you go to the lower level, you see water pouring through all three doors and elevators. It is coming from the loading dock."
Hospital Incident Command System, or HICS, is an Incident Management System for hospitals to use during a disaster. HICS is an integral part of the NIMS Emergency Management System, which is a required component of all hospital emergency plans.
The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is pleased to offer another free HICS workshop to local hospitals, community clinics, skilled nursing facilities and other response partners. Join your hospital colleagues and other local health professionals at this day-long conference to learn about incident command, logistics, finance structures, planning for disasters and HICS forms. Participants will have an opportunity to practice what they've learned in a structured exercise using the Kaiser Santa Rosa hospital flooding disaster as a model.
Join us and hear the rest of the account of the flooding disaster at the Kaiser Santa Rosa hospital. This critical event will serve as the backdrop to our Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) workshop. During this conference we will examine how HICS was implemented, and what you would do with the same critical event.
Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m.; the conference starts promptly at 9:00 a.m. Please allow plenty of time for check-in and parking. Participants will receive a continental breakfast and lunch at noon. Please bring a sweater or jacket for comfort.
Parking is available on the west side of the building. Temporary, one-day parking passes are available at the reception desk. Parking regulations are strictly enforced.
Objectives
- Participants will be able to describe the components of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS).
- Participants will be able to discuss the common terms, procedures and steps in the HICS process.
- Participants will be able to explain the use of (4) important standard HICS forms.
- Participants will be able to describe how the HICS process improved Kaiser's response capacity during a real event.
Presenters
Judith Goodin, RN, BSN, Environmental Health and Safety Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa.
Claire Ginesi, BA, RN Shift Administrator, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa.
Gabe Kearney, EMT, Emergency Preparedness Consultant, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa.
Allen Proulx, BA, MBA, Bioterrorism Response Planning Consultant.
Accreditation
This program is provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP12787, for (3) Contact Hours, awarded by the County of Sonoma, Department of Health Services.
Provider approved by the California Board of Vocational Nursing & Psychiatric Technicians provider #V-10626 (3) Contact Hours.
All health professionals must sign the attendance sheet and complete the evaluation form before a course certificate will be issued.
Registration for this conference has closed.
Directions to the DHS Administration Building
The Rotunda conference room is located at the Department of Health Services Administration building in Santa Rosa:
If you are driving SOUTH on Highway 101:
- Highway 101 to Santa Rosa
- Exit Hopper Ave.
- Turn left on Cleveland Ave. (at off-ramp stop sign)
- Turn left on Industrial Dr.
- Industrial Dr. becomes Mendocino Ave.
- Turn slight right to stay on Mendocino Ave.
- Turn left on Chanate Rd.
- Turn left to stay on Chanate Rd. (at stop light)
The DHS Administration building is located across from Sutter Health Center.
If you are driving NORTH on Highway 101:
- Highway 101 to Santa Rosa
- Exit Bicentennial Way East
- Turn right on Mendocino Ave.
- Turn left on Chanate Rd.
- Turn left to stay on Chanate Rd. (at stop light)
The DHS Administration building is located across from Sutter Health Center.
Parking
Parking is available on the west side of the building. Temporary, one-day parking passes are available at the reception desk. Parking regulations are strictly enforced.