October 14 – 20, 2019
1. Regional Coalition Meeting The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition will hold its monthly meeting Thursday November 14 beginning at 10:30 am. The agenda, the October meeting minutes, and the conference dial-in information will be sent to the routine attendees on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. The meeting will be held via our Ring Central conference call line. 2. Save the Dates Upcoming training and conferences: a. The Coalition will conduct four training opportunities titled NIMS-in-a-Nutshell. ...
read moreOctober 7 – 13, 2019
1. Regional Coalition Meeting The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition will hold its monthly meeting this Thursday October 10 beginning at 10:30 am. The agenda and the September meeting minutes will be sent to the routine attendees tomorrow. The meeting will be held at Rockingham County Office Building on the 2nd floor (the same location we conducted the Table Top Exercise in August). 2. Save the Dates Upcoming training and conferences: a. The Coalition will conduct four training opportunities titled...
read moreSeptember 30 – October 6, 2019
1. Regional Coalition Meeting The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition will hold its monthly meeting Thursday October 10 beginning at 10:30 am. The agenda and the September meeting minutes will be sent to the routine attendees on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. The meeting will be held at Rockingham County Office Building on the 2nd floor (the same location we conducted the Table Top Exercise in August). 2. Save the Dates Upcoming training and conferences: a. The Coalition will conduct four training...
read moreSeptember 23 – 29, 2019
1. Regional Coalition Meeting The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition will hold its monthly meeting Thursday October 10 beginning at 10:30 am. The agenda and the September meeting minutes will be sent to the routine attendees on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. The meeting will be held at Rockingham County Office Building on the 2nd floor (the same location we conducted the Table Top Exercise in August). 2. Save the Dates Upcoming training and conferences: a. The Coalition will conduct four training...
read moreSeptember 16 – 22, 2019
1. Regional Coalition Meeting The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition will hold its monthly meeting Thursday October 10 beginning at 10:30 am. The agenda and the September meeting minutes will be sent to the routine attendees on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. The meeting will be held at Rockingham County Office Building on the 2nd floor (the same location we conducted the Table Top Exercise in August). 2. Surge & Evacuation Project The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition has begun the Regional Surge Capacity...
read moreSeptember 9 – 15, 2019
1. Regional Coalition Meeting The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition will hold its monthly meeting Thursday September 12 beginning at 10:30 am. The agenda, July meeting minutes, and dial-in information will be sent to the routine attendees Tuesday September 10. 2. Surge & Evacuation Project The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition has begun the Regional Surge Capacity and Evacuation Plan project for the acute care, critical access, psychiatric, and rehabilitation hospitals in the region. This project has several...
read moreSeptember 2 – 8, 2019
1. Surge & Evacuation Project The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition will conduct a Regional Surge Capacity and Evacuation Plan project for the acute care, critical access, psychiatric, and rehabilitation hospitals in the region. This project has several goals such as determining space management, resources and assets to complement existing plans, enhance rapid assessment capabilities of transportation resources, and establish a process to ensure the patients are evacuated using the right patient/right place theory...
read moreAugust 26 – September 1, 2019
1. Save the Dates Upcoming regional training: a. The Coalition will conduct four training opportunities titled NIMS-in-a-Nutshell. NIMS and ICS – what do they mean and how do they apply to your facility or organization? This workshop will describe the purpose of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and provide an overview of how the Incident Command System (ICS) can be applied to your facility. At the end of the workshop, the attendees will work through a facilitated table top exercise...
read moreAugust 19 – 25, 2019
The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition’s next meeting is the Cardinal Resolve Table Top Exercise on August 15th. The Table Top Exercise is the first of two joint exercises by VDH and VHHA. Please see the flyer below for more information. 1. Save the Dates Upcoming regional training: The Coalition will host the MGT – 349 Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness course November 18 – 19, 2019 in Harrisonburg, VA. Questions regarding upcoming training, please contact our Exercise and Training Coordinator, Matt...
read moreAugust 12 – 18, 2019
The Northwest Region Healthcare Coalition’s next meeting is the Cardinal Resolve Table Top Exercise on August 15th. The Table Top Exercise is the first of two joint exercises by VDH and VHHA. Please see the flyer below for more information. 1. Save the Dates Upcoming exercises: We will be participating in a Joint VHHA and VDH Table Top Exercise this Thursday August 15th in-place of our regional coalition meeting. This exercise is a lead-up to the Joint Full Scale Exercise October 23rd. Questions regarding the upcoming exercises, please...
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