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Preparing incident action plans; Maintaining general and specific maps, information display boards, and other data pertaining to emergency operations; Continuing analysis and evaluation of all data pertaining to emergency operations; and Controlling and coordinating, within established policy, the operations and logistical support of resources committed to the EOC. Emergency Healthcare Facilities Providing access to healthcare and emergency medical services is a goal in every community in the region. However, most hospitals are private non-profit or for-profit organizations that operate independently from cities or counties. Individual hospital boards are responsible for the sizing and siting of hospital facilities in compliance with federal and state requirements, which may or may not occur in coordination with local jurisdictions. As a result, individual hospital organizations assess a community’s needs for healthcare facilities and make decisions on where and when to locate medical facilities. Table 10.6 contains a list of acute care facilities in the MTP/SCS plan area. Table 10.6 MTP/SCS Plan Area ‐ Acute Care and Hospital Facilities El Dorado County City Marshall Hospital Placerville Placer County City Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Roseville Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Auburn Sacramento County City Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Sacramento (north) Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Sacramento (south) Mercy General Hospital Sacramento Mercy Hospital Folsom Mercy San Juan Medical Center Sacramento Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento Shriners Hospital for Children Sacramento Sutter General Hospital Sacramento Sutter Memorial Hospital Sacramento UC Davis Medical Center and Children’s Hospital Sacramento Sutter County City Fremont Medical Center Yuba City Yolo County City Sutter Davis Hospital Davis Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland Yuba County City Rideout Memorial Hospital Marysville Source: SACOG 2011 MTP/SCS 2035 Sacramento Area Council of Governments Draft Environmental Impact Report Chapter 10 – Hazards and Hazardous Materials – Page 10-26
All of these facilities are designed and equipped to handle multiple, simultaneous patients during everyday activities and emergency situations. The MTP/SCS plan area is also served by a number of long-term acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, convalescent homes, and veteran’s hospitals. Many jurisdictions also provide emergency medical services through the fire department. Figure 10.8 shows the location of hospitals and medical centers in the MTP/SCS plan area. Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans The release of hazardous materials into the environment, or an accident resulting from a hazard, could necessitate an emergency response managed through an emergency response or evacuation plan. These plans coordinate the various emergency response agencies to provide a central management to effectively handle an emergency situation. The various levels of government are responsible for applying resources and emergency relief to those in the emergency area to minimize the effects of hazards or hazardous materials. These incidents can occur almost anywhere hazards or hazardous materials exist or are transported; however, certain areas of the state are at higher risk due to their surroundings. The OES for each county in the SACOG region designs emergency plans to coordinate the available resources and to effectively respond to natural and other types of disasters. The essential factors important during an emergency, including communications, transportation, a command station, control, and shelter, are outlined in emergency plans. Mutual Aid Agreements California’s mutual aid system is designed to ensure that adequate resources, facilities, and other support are provided to jurisdictions whenever their own resources prove to be inadequate to cope with a given situation. Each jurisdiction retains control of its own personnel and facilities, but can give and receive help whenever it is needed. State government, on the other hand, is obligated to provide available resources to assist local jurisdictions in emergencies. To facilitate the coordination and flow of mutual aid, the state has been divided into six OES Mutual Aid Regions (and three administrative regions). Sutter and Yuba counties, and the jurisdictions therein, are in Region III. El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties, and the jurisdictions therein, are in Region IV. Through this mutual aid system, state OES can receive a constant flow of information from every geographic and organizational area of the state. This includes direct notification that a disaster exists or is imminent. In some cases, it also includes information that makes it possible to anticipate an emergency and mitigate its effects by accelerating preparations, or perhaps preventing a situation from developing to disaster proportions (California Emergency Management Agency, 2011). To further facilitate the mutual aid process, particularly during day-to-day emergencies involving public safety agencies, Fire and Rescue Law Enforcement Coordinators have been selected and function at the Operational Area (countywide), Mutual Aid Region (two or more counties), and at the state (OES) level. MTP/SCS 2035 Sacramento Area Council of Governments Draft Environmental Impact Report Chapter 10 – Hazards and Hazardous Materials – Page 10-27
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