Emergency Preparedness

Kern Medical Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) timely monitoring of REDINET systems. • Local/County – Manages and coordinates all local governments within the geographic boundary of a county. • Field - On-scene responders are coordinated through ICS. • Healthcare Coordination System (HCS) • Kern Medical interfaces with agencies as part of the Hospital Coordination System, as outlined in the Kern County Disaster Plan, and the Coordinator and/or Kern County Health Department Liaison.

Kern County Health Department

TIER III

Primary Care & Medical Offices

Emergency Medical Supply Cache

County Healthcare Coordination System (HCS)/ESF8

Medical Reserve Corps

Hospital

Human & Environmental Health

County Emergency Manager/ Operations Center (EOC)

Hospital

Regional Communications Center

Hospital

Hospital Coordination System or Hospital Designee

Regional Liaisons (e.g., MMRS )

Behavioral/Mental Health Agencies

Behavioral Health/Mental Health

State EOC

Emergency Medical Services

EMS Agencies

TIER IV

TIER II

TIER I

Figure 1: The healthcare coordination process for resource allocation and policy guidance. 2.4 Integration with Community-wide Response Kern Medical will notify the ESF8 Coordinator of any emergency impacting healthcare operations and will coordinate its response to community-wide incidents with the overall medical and health response of the County. See Appendix J.4 – Incident Contacts for list of agencies and individuals, including the ESF8 Committee , who should be contacted in emergencies. (Figure 1 above shows the general structure for ESF8 Coordination in Kern County).

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