Stronger Together…Regional Collaboration Between

Emergency Managementand

Health Care Coalitions

Today’s presentation• Regional overviews: EM/HLS and HCC

• Region 9/5/4• Diversity across the regions

• Disaster Medical Control Center (DMCC)• Communications• Regional preparedness (ACF, etc)

• Q&A• How is this working (or not) in your region?

Region 9Darrell Ruby Regional Coordinator, WA State HLS Region 9/Spokane DEMErika Henry Regional Health Care Systems Planner, SRHD

Region 5Kathy McVay Health Coordinator, Pierce County Emergency ManagementJoseph Weston Emergency Management Planner,

Madigan Healthcare System Cindy Miron Regional Emergency Response Coordinator,

Tacoma Pierce County Health Department

Region 4John Wheeler Emergency Management Coordinator,

Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA)Nathan Weed Regional Emergency Response Coordinator,

Clark County Public Health

Region 9 Overview • 10 counties, 3 tribes,

Canadian, ID & OR borders

• many regional planning groups (HCC, EMS, HLS, PH, FS, LE, etc)

• regional collaboration = enhanced resiliency

• rural partnerships• capability vs capacity• exercises• training opportunities• strategic plan

crosswalks

It’s all about the relationships……….

Region 5 Overview• 1 county, 1 tribe, joint

military base, Camp Murray (National Guard/WAEMD), national park, port

• EM EMAP accredited• Federal Coordinating

Center/National Disaster Medical System

• WATF-1: US&R Team

• DMCC: Madigan backup• regional planning groups• EMS: Region 10• coalition merge (Pierce

and King Counties)– dual county– shared medical markets

Region 4 Overview• Region 4 – Southwest Washington– Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties– Cowlitz Tribe

• Portland Metro Region:– Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization– Region 1 Health Preparedness Organization– Cities Readiness Initiative

• Organization– HCC partners, R4 Homeland Security, Region 4 DEM, R4

Public Health Governing Council– history of responding as a single region

Diversity across the regions• Regional Preparedness– Specialty Planning– Alternate Care Facilities (ACF)– Medical Cache– Hospital Evacuation

Diversity across the regions• Communications– WATrac, Washington System for Tracking Resources,

Alerting, and Communications,– HEAR (Hospital Emergency Alert Radio)– WHEERS (Washington Hospital and EMS Emergency

Radio System)– amateur radio (HAM operators)– infrastructure– social media

Diversity across the regions• Disaster Medical Control Center (DMCC)– command & control vs support & coordination– Regional Incident Management Team (IMT)– competing interests (profit and non-profit)– patient tracking– bed tracking– MCI

Q&A Time• Diversity across the regions– Disaster Medical Control Center (DMCC)• command & control vs support & coordination

– Communications• WATrac, HEAR, WHEERS, infrastructure

– Regional Preparedness• caches, ACF, plans, etc

How is this w

orking (or n

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in your region?

Thank you for your time and participation!