Emergency Response Plan

Elements of Emergency Operations Plan Activation:   : Emergency Response Team
  : Department Sub-Plan Activation
  : Emergency Operations Center
  : Recovery Operations

Internal disasters include: Fire, Flood, Earthquake, Tornado and utility systems shutdown

External disasters resulting in mass casualties include: transportation related accidents, chemical, biological or radiologicals terrorist threats, natural disasters, and manufacturing plant accidents

This illustration depicts how the decision is made to
activate the Emergency Response Plan and Emergency Activation Centers

Emergency Operations Plan Overview

Refer to the How To section of the red Safety & Emergency Operations Manual

The Emergency Operations Plan is designed to outline the responsibilities of Vanderbilt Medical Center (VUMC) personnel in the event of an internal and/or external (Mass Casualty) Disaster to provide for an orderly transition of operations. The VUMC Emergency Operations Plan is modeled after the Incident Command Protocol used by local, state, and federal emergency response agencies.

Through the Emergency Operations Plan, VUMC will:
1. Establish an Emergency Operations Response Team
2. Assess the impact of the event on normal business activities
3. Continue to provide normal service unless the event
    precludes that ability
4. Establish an Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
    to implement necessary elements of the Incident
    Command System
5. Prepare for a modification of normal operations
    to include Area Specific Sub-Plan Activation if necessary