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Harnett County Health Department Flooding Response. The Problem!. April 29,2012 3” line to the RPZ Valve inside the building ruptured. The Aftermath. The RPZ failure caused 3” – 4” of water throughout 80% of the First Floor. First floor is where all clinical operations are located.
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The Problem! • April 29,2012 3” line to the RPZ Valve inside the building ruptured
The Aftermath • The RPZ failure caused 3” – 4” of water throughout 80% of the First Floor. • First floor is where all clinical operations are located. • All of our clients medical records located on the first floor.
Records We Maintain over 185,000 Records. All Had to be Moved.
Response Issues • Contact made with Emergency Management immediately. • Discussions started on Resource needs. • What critical services had to be brought up first and time sensitive issues. • How were we going to accomplish????
Response & Recovery Issues • We wanted to keep as many services on site as possible. How could we accomplish this? • Fixed Facilities: • Cost prohibitive to move all operations • Equipment relocation to these facilities • Public Notification of move and Multiple Facilities
Response & Recovery Issues • Temporary Facilities: • Mobile Buildings • Cost Prohibitive • Time, contract to setup • Permits • Inspections
Response & Recovery Issues • Western Shelters: • Low Cost • Setup fairly easy • Packaged Resource • Resources available through our CapRac/Betsy Johnson Hospital
Emergency Services • SMAT III recall to augment the crew to erect our Mobile Health Department. • Harnett SMAT III was utilized along with the Harnett County Emergency Management and Fire Marshal’s Office to complete the project. • On going EM/FM support for daily operations throughout the event.
Emergency Services • Inspection Issues • Permit Issues • EOP for the operation • Fire Safety • Weather Issues
CapRac Process • Contact made with the CapRac • Determine needs and match with Resources • Resource needs were finalized • Utilized Google Mapping for setup preplanning • Basic Footprint • Hazards and other issues
CapRac Process • Initial Patient load underestimated. • Advantage of Western Shelter Gateway Flexibility to continue adding shelters • Added a Shelter from Betsy Johnson Hospital to handle increased patient services • Flexibility with the Rehab/Medical Care trailer for multiple services
CapRac Issues • Existing Strong partnerships amongst created a comfortable working environment • Flexibility of the Rac Mission & Resources 2 Missions supported • Full Scale Exercise in Greenville • Harnett Co. Health Department. SMAT III resources assisting in the operational setup
Lessons Learned • Non Declared Event Issues: • Permits/Inspections for tents • Who had jurisdiction for this • Safety Issues with setup • Weather Related Issues • Moving parts!!!! • Team Rehab and Safety
Lessons Learned • Feeding of staff and SMAT III • Insurance issues (Documentation) • Hygiene issues in the tent • Generator and power issues • Good to have a good Maintenance staff
Lessons Learned • Strong relationships with your Health Director and your local RAC very critical • State EM involvement early in the process is vital to assistance in resource requests
Contacts John Rouse Steve Harrison jrouse@harnett.orgsharrison@wakemed.org Gary Pope gpope@harnett.org