Disaster Planning:*

Response Required Within 90 Days Board of Supervisors • • • • • • • • • • • Response Required Within 60 Days Office of the Mayor • • • • • • • OES/HS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • DPH • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • OPP • • • EMSA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Disaster Council • • • Health Commission • • CHN • • Community Clinics • • Consortium DTIS • SFFD • • • SFPD • • • SFUSD • Response Optional HCNCC • • • • • • • • • VIII. APPENDICES A. Acronyms B. Hospital Utilization in San Francisco C. Disaster Council Members D. Hospital Council Emergency Preparedness Scorecard E. Department of Health Organizational Chart F. EMS Landing Sites G. Sources Consulted APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CHN – Community Health Network (San Francisco Department of Health) CPMC - California Pacific Medical Center DEIR - Draft-Environmental Impact Report DHHS - Department of Health & Human Services DHS - Department of Homeland Security DOC - Department Operating Center DPH - San Francisco Department of Public Health DHS - Department of Homeland Security DSW - Disaster Service Worker DTIS – Department of Technology and Information Services EDs – Emergency Departments (a term now used in lieu of Emergency Rooms) EMS - Emergency Medical Services (San Francisco) EMSA - Emergency Medical Services Agency EMT - Emergency Medical Technician Civil Grand Jury - San Francisco 2005-2006 Civil Grand Jury EOC – Emergency Operations Center HCNCC – Hospital Council of Northern and Central California HRSA - Health Resources & Services Administration ICS - Incident Command System JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations MONS - Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services MUNI - Municipal Railway System (San Francisco) NDMS – National Disaster Medical System NERT - San Francisco Neighborhood Emergency Response Team Training program NIMS - National Incident Management System OES/HS - San Francisco Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security OES/HS - Office of Emergency Services / Homeland Security OPP - Office of Policy & Planning OSHPD - California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development SFFD - San Francisco Fire Department SFGH - San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center SFPD - San Francisco Police Department SFUSD - San Francisco Unified School District UASI - Urban Area Security Initiative UCSF - University of California at San Francisco Medical Center VA – Veterans Affairs I APPENDIX B: HOSPITAL UTILIZATION IN SAN FRANCISCO Total Total GAC Lic. GAC Bed Lic. Total Lic. Hosp. Census Days General Acute Care Facility Name Beds Days Beds Bed Days Discharges Total CALIFORNIA PACIFIC-CALIF. EAST 95 34770 69540 1531 21556 190 139812 139812 8006 31708 382 382 CALIFORNIA PACIFIC-CALIF. WEST 279 102114 341 124806 4577 40630 CALIFORNIA PACIFIC-DAVIES 107970 325 118950 15549 295 82155 CALIFORNIA PACIFIC-PACIFIC 54 19764 54 19764 2193 11100 CHINESE HOSPITAL 247 90402 247 90402 13052 64976 KAISER FND HOSP - GEARY S F 16816 403 147498 639 242616 143361 SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSP. 105042 356 130296 6784 43344 287 ST. FRANCIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 150 54900 260 95160 6237 52474 ST. LUKES HOSPITAL 123226 7563 48305 336 403 150873 ST. MARYS MEDICAL CENTER 200202 UCSF MEDICAL CENTER 547 547 200202 26588 155052 51331 140 51331 2460 9328 140 UCSF MEDICAL CENTER-MT. ZION TOTALS: 3215 1177031 3884 1433752 111356 703989 SFGH as % of TOTALS: 12.5% 12.5% 16.9% 15.1% 20.4% 16.5% Source: California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, State Utilization Data File of Hospitals, Calendar Year 2004. Abbreviations: GAC = General Acute Care Lic. = Licensed Hosp. = Hospital II APPENDIX C: DISASTER COUNCIL MEMBERS64 Honorable Gavin Newsom, Chair Annemarie Conroy, Office of Emergency Services / Homeland Security, Executive Secretary Heather Fong, Chief of Police Joanne Hayes-White, Fire Chief Trent Rhorer, General Manager, DHS Dr. Mitchell Katz, Director, DPH Edwin Lee, Director, DPW Chris Vein, Director, DTIS Chris Cunnie, Executive Director, ECD Susan Leal, General Manager, SFPUC Honorable Michael Hennessey, Sheriff Arlene Ackerman, Superintendent of Schools Edwin Lee, City Administrator Edward Harrington, Controller Dennis Herrera, City Attorney Harold Brooks, CEO, American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter Honorable Fiona Ma, Member, Board of Supervisors Honorable Ross Mirkarimi, Member, Board of Supervisors Honorable Michela Alioto-Pier, Member, Board of Supervisors Gloria Young, Clerk, Board of Supervisors Dr. Amy Hart, Medical Examiner Honorable Kamala Harris, District Attorney Nathaniel Ford, Executive Director, MTA Stuart Sunshine, MTA Bond Yee, Acting Director, Department of Parking and Traffic Monique Moyer, Executive Director, Port of San Francisco Yomi Agunbiade, General Manager, Recreation and Parks John Martin, Director, San Francisco Airport Phil Ginsburg. Human Resources Director Naomi Little, Director, Office of Contract Administration Amy Lee, Acting Director, Bureau of Building Inspection 64 OES & DHS Council Meeting CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER COUNCIL January 17, 2006. Video available at http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view id=15> (accessed on March 28, 2006). III APPENDIX D: HOSPITAL COUNCIL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SCORECARD 65 Hospital Council TO: San Francisco Hospital Leaders Ron Smith FROM: RE: Emergency Preparedness and Scorecard At the request of the hospital leaders at the February 6th meeting, the Hospital Council Emergency Preparedness Taskforce has prepared the attached "San Francisco Hospitals – Emergency Preparedness Scorecard". (Approved by the Taskforce representing all SF hospitals, the Scorecard was written by Debi Simon of CHW.) I have two major concerns about the City's emergency planning process. As far as we know there is no surge plan for more casualties than those our hospitals can handle. The second concern is that there is no City plan to transport patients from our hospitals to other hospitals, helicopter landing sites, or SFO. The City has twenty-one sites where helicopters can land. However, the City reports that none of these sites could accommodate a military helicopter that could hold several patients. The City also said that it would be politically impossible for the City to identify sites for such activity. The City pointed out the difficulty they have in getting even one helicopter pad approved at SFGH. Cheryl Fama has suggested that perhaps now is the appropriate time to inform the Mayor of our progress and concerns. (Draft letter attached.) 65 Received by the 2005-2006 Civil Grand Jury on March 23, 2006 IV SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITALS – EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SCORECARD ITEM ACTION NEEDED RESPONSIBLE PARTY(IES) COMPLETED ITEMS BELOW DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY 7/1/06 Write Surge Plan to include: Surge Plan to 135% of ADC Hospital EM Committee Physical space • Facility based alternate care sites surge tent • Beds/cots/gurneys • Staffing • Supplies/equipment • Identify Team members (disciplines, shifts, Hospital Haz Mat/EM Coordinators Decontamination names); write Decontamination procedures Hospital EM Coordinator Revise Disaster Plans to reflect revised HEICS IV (if received) Hospital EM Coordinator revised JCAHO EM Standards (major changes go into effect 7/1/2006) Hospital EM Coordinator/ Materials MOU for Mutual Aid Approve draft; submit to Legal for approval Manager DPH/Hospital Pharmacist Participation in all daily and weekly Communications communications tests (800MHz, HEARNet, EMSvstems) Assess needs for structural work to Hospital Facilities Personnel with accommodate satellite phone, 800 megahertz OES/ACS and HAM radios HAM Training: at least 2 per shift or minimum Hospital EM Coordinator of 6 hospital staff trained Identify all locations which need dedicated Hospital Facilities Personnel backup power supply - telephone switches, all radio systems, all critical computers Identify and establish working relationship Mgr, Public Safety/Security; Chief with local SFPD and SFFD chiefs Engineer Hospital EM Coordinator Begin document detailing information flow, communication priorities, location and operating procedures for all communications equipment Cache cart located in all participating hospitals; DPH/Hospital Pharmacist Pharmaceutical Cache prophylactics can be provided to all staff, family, and patients. V Patient Tracking system Hardware selected/purchased DPH SFCC HRSA Coordinator Job description written and position approved DPH ITEMS BELOW DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY10/1/06* Plan and related policies and procedures Surge Plan Hospital EM Committee finalized in preparation for 11/14/06 drill MOU for Mutual Aid Finalized in preparation to drill 11/14/06 Hospital EM Coordinator/ Materials Manager Requests for satellite phone, 800 megaherz and Hospital Facilities Personnel Communications HAM radios submitted to OSHPD Install dedicated backup power for all radios Hospital Facilities Personnel / and critical computer equipment (battery / Hospital IT Personnel Universal Power Supply) Complete document detailing information flow, Hospital EM Coordinator communication priorities, location and operating procedures for all communications equipment Hardware distributed DPH Patient Tracking system DPH and Hospital ED staff Initial training complete Train at least 3 potential Decon Team Hospital EM Committee/Education Decontamination members per shift (no <9 per facility, by 8/31 Dept per HRSA funding mandate* SFCC HRSA Coordinator Hired DPH ITEMS BELOW DUE TO BE COMPLETED BY 1/1/07 Surge Plan Plan finalized based on drill findings Hospital EM Committee Staff educated Finalized based on drill findings MOU for Mutual Aid ? Materials Manager All hospitals trained to use system; website up Patient Tracking system DPH Drill decontamination team 2 times Decontamination Hospital Haz Mat/EM Coordinators DPH/Hospital EM Coordinators SF HRSA Coordinator Trained and productive VI APPENDIX E: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Health Commission Director of Health Mitchell H. Katz, MD xecutive Secretary Pameta Tyson Chief Financial Officer/ EEO/Cultural Compliance Human Resources Policy & Planning Contracts/MIS Competency ProgramsJason Hashimoto Yvonne Lowe Anne Kronenberg Ed Gazzano Gregg Sass Josephine McCreary CHN* PHP** San Francisco Laguna Honda Community Health Jail Health Community Health & General Hospital, AIDS Office Hospital Programs CHN Joe Goldenson, MD Safety Services James Loyce, Jr. John Kanaley Barbara Garda Gene O'Connell Housing & Urban Community Health Public Health Health at Home Primary Care Health Epidemiology Laboratory Kathy Eng Michael Drennan, MD Sally Liska, Dr PH Marc Trotz Susan Fernyak, MD Community Health San Francisco STD Prevention & Environmental Promotion & MCH Behaviorial Health Health & OSH Control Twia Brown (Acting) Prevention Center Rajiv Bhatia, MD Jeff Klausner, MD Ginger Smyty Sharon Wicher Behavioral Health TB Control Emergency Director Medical Services Masae Kawamura, Bob Cabaj, MD John Brown, MD MD *CHN = Community Health Network, the integrated health service delivery system of the Health Department **PHP = Population Health and Prevention 14 Feb, 2005, 09:22 AM; DPH Org Chart 2005 vsd VII APPENDIX F: EMS LANDING SITES Appendix B: EMS LANDING SITES ( ) LATITUDE LONGITUDE NEAREST SFFD CROSS STREET LOCATION STREET ID BATT. HOSPITAL STN. Chinese, St. SF 1 Galileo High School football field Polk Bay 1 Francis, CPMC Chinese, St. SF 2 1000 block Taylor & Mason 1 Nob Hill Francis (stop traffic on California St.) California Chinese, St. Pier 29 parking lot (behind Teatro Battery & Sansome SF3 Embarcadero 1 Francis Zinzani; rear of parking lot) Chinese, St. SF 4 Washington Square 1 Union Stockton Francis ST FRANCIS James Lang Playground 122° 25.527' SF5 2 Turk Street Octavia Street 37° 46.897' 17th Street SF GENERAL Jackson Playground Arkansas Street 122° 23.926' SF6 3 37° 45.903' SF 7 3 Chinese, St. Pier 30, 32 Embarcadero Bryant & Brannan Francis, SFGH 9th Street Avenue "D" ST FRANCIS; SF SF8 3 Treasure Island-Soccer Field/asphalt 37° 49.411' 122° 22.410' GENERAL parking lot 3rd & 4th Streets St. Francis, SFGH 3 Yerba Buena Gardens SF9 Mission O'Farrell Street CPMC-PACIFIC; SF10 4 Kimball Playground Pierce Street 37° 46.995' 122° 25.527' KAISER SF CPMC, St. Francis Lafayette Park: grass clearing at the Washington SF 11 4 Laguna Southeast corner of Washington & Laguna Moscone Playground CPMC-PACIFIC SF12 4 Chestnut Street Buchanan Street 37° 48.079' 122° 25.995' Between 5th & 8th Ave. UCSF SF13 Big Rec-Golden Gate Park Near Lincoln Way 122° 27.760' 7 37° 46.002' Willard UCSF SF14 Kezar Stadium-Golden Gate Park Near Frederick 7 37° 46.042' 122° 27.296' Between 31st & 36th SF15 7 VA Med Cntr; Polo Field-Golden Gate Park Near Lincoln Way 37° 45.932' 122° 29.652' Avenues UCSF ST. MARY'S SF16 Arguello Blvd. Edward Street 7 Rossi Playground 122° 27.499' 37° 46.702' 7 SF17 Upper Great Highway-parking lot VA Med Cntr Upper Great Fulton Street 122° 29.981' 37° 46.276 Highway area SF18 8 South Sunset 40th Avenue VA Med Cntr, Wawona Street 37° 44.184' 122° 29.840' UCSF 39th Avenue VA Med Cntr. SF19 8 West Sunset #3 Playground Ortega Street 37° 44.967 122° 29.981' UCSF EMS LANDING SITES. NEAREST LONGITUDE LATITUDE SFFD LOCATION CROSS STREET STREET ID BATT. HOSPITAL STN. ST LUKES 122° 26.725' 37° 43.355' San Jose Avenue Balboa Playground Ocean Avenue SF 21 9 ST LUKES Geneva Street Moscow Street 37° 42.777' 122° 26.004' Crocker Amazon Field SF22 9 SF GENERAL 122° 23.12' Across from R.V. Park 37° 42.83' Candlestick Park Parking Lot-K- North of traffic 10 SF23 railed area between gates "E" & "F" control tower SF GENERAL; 37° 43.24 122° 21.97 Manseau Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Hussey SF24 10 ST. LUKES SF GENERAL; 37° 44.979' 122° 24.362' Cesar Chavez Potrero Avenue Rolph Playground 6, 10 SF25 ST. LUKES (Army) VA Med Cntr 122°28.01' 37° 48.15' Access through Marina Marine Drive Crissy Field (NPS* LZ# 63) NPS* SF 26 Gate, W on Marine Dr. 37° 48.02' 122° 27.29' VA Med Cntr Lincoln Montgomery Presidio Main Parade Grounds (#65)* NPS* SF 27 122°28.28' VA Med Cntr 37° 48.04' Stone Ralston NPS* Fort Scott Parade Grounds (#66)* SF 28 122°28.60' VA Med Cntr 37° 47.34' Bowley NPS* | Baker Beach Parking Lot (#67)* Battery Chamberlin SF 29 IΧ APPENDIX G: SOURCES CONSULTED Interviews with Representatives from: City and County of San Francisco Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security City and County of San Francisco Disaster Council City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget Analyst's Office City and County of San Francisco Department of Health City and County of San Francisco Office of Policy & Planning City and County of San Francisco Emergency Management Services Agency City and County of San Francisco Community Clinics Consortium City and County of San Francisco Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security - Auxiliary Communications Service City and County of San Francisco Unified School District, Emergency Planning City and County of San Francisco Fire Department San Francisco VA Medical Center, Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group Hospital Council of Northern and Central California San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco General Hospital Foundation Various Private Hospitals in San Francisco State of California Office of Homeland Security Χ Resources - City & County of San Francisco: 2002-2003 Civil Grand Jury for the City and County of San Francisco, It's a Catastrophe: the State of Emergency Planning in San Francisco, June 19, 2003. 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