Incident management activities are divided into four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. These four phases are described below: Mitigation: Mitigation activities are those that eliminate or reduce the possibility of a disaster occurring. For healthcare operations, this may include installing generators for backup power, installing hurricane shutters, and raising electrical panels to protect them from possible flood damage. <Insert strategies facility’s for mitigation> Preparedness: Preparedness activities develop the response capabilities that are needed in the event an emergency occurs. These activities may include developing emergency operations plans and procedures, conducting training for personnel in those procedures, and conducting exercises with staff to ensure they are capable of implementing response procedures when necessary. <Insert strategies for preparedness> facility’s Response includes those actions that are taken when a disruption or Response: emergency occurs. It encompasses the activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident. Response activities in the healthcare setting can include activating emergency plans, and triaging and treating residents who have been affected by an incident. <Insert strategies for response> facility’s Recovery: Recovery focuses on restoring operations to a normal or improved state of affairs. It occurs after the stabilization and recovery of essential functions. Examples of recovery activities include the restoration of non-vital functions, replacement of damaged equipment, facility repairs, organized return of residents into the facility, and reconstitution of resident records and other vital information systems. Another key consideration in the recovery and response phases of an incident is the tracking of staff hours, expenses, and damages incurred as a result of the emergency. Detailed records will need to be maintained throughout an emergency to document expenses and damages for possible reimbursement or to properly file insurance claims. <Insert facility’s strategies for recovery> B. Plan Activation The Emergency Operations Plan will be activated in response to internal or external threats to the facility. Internal threats could include fire, bomb threat, loss of power or other utility disruption, or other incidents that threaten the well-being of residents, staff, and/or the facility itself. External threats include events that may not affect the facility directly but have the potential to overwhelm long term care resources or put the facility on alert. Persons Responsible for Plan Activation Once a threat has been confirmed, the employee obtaining the information must notify their supervisor immediately. If the employee cannot contact their supervisor, they must immediately contact the <Insert position title> directly.
Incident management activities are divided into four phases: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. These four phases are described below: Mitigation: Mitigation activities are those that eliminate or reduce the possibility of a disaster occurring. For healthcare operations, this may include installing generators for backup power, installing hurricane shutters, and raising electrical panels to protect them from possible flood damage. <Insert facility’s strategies for mitigation> Preparedness: Preparedness activities develop the response capabilities that are needed in the event an emergency occurs. These activities may include developing emergency operations plans and procedures, conducting training for personnel in those procedures, and conducting exercises with staff to ensure they are capable of implementing response procedures when necessary. <Insert facility’s strategies for preparedness> Response: Response includes those actions that are taken when a disruption or emergency occurs. It encompasses the activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident. Response activities in the healthcare setting can include activating emergency plans, and triaging and treating residents who have been affected by an incident. <Insert facility’s strategies for response> Recovery: Recovery focuses on restoring operations to a normal or improved state of affairs. It occurs after the stabilization and recovery of essential functions. Examples of recovery activities include the restoration of non-vital functions, replacement of damaged equipment, facility repairs, organized return of residents into the facility, and reconstitution of resident records and other vital information systems. Another key consideration in the recovery and response phases of an incident is the tracking of staff hours, expenses, and damages incurred as a result of the emergency. Detailed records will need to be maintained throughout an emergency to document expenses and damages for possible reimbursement or to properly file insurance claims. <Insert facility’s strategies for recovery> B. Plan Activation The Emergency Operations Plan will be activated in response to internal or external threats to the facility. Internal threats could include fire, bomb threat, loss of power or other utility disruption, or other incidents that threaten the well-being of residents, staff, and/or the facility itself. External threats include events that may not affect the facility directly but have the potential to overwhelm long term care resources or put the facility on alert. Persons Responsible for Plan Activation Once a threat has been confirmed, the employee obtaining the information must notify their supervisor immediately. If the employee cannot contact their supervisor, they must immediately contact the <Insert position title> directly.
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