Dear Nurses, I am on a comittee that is searching for fire disaster preperation. There is a lot of federal sites but a lot of non humonoid language having more to do with the Idea of having disaster preparation and no indication where step one step two or here is some standards - all vague mission statement speak - whole lot of nice sounds weak on clarity. I have some data from a sourse but looking for more if anyone knows of some viewable plans, ideas I sure would like to take a look. Thanks and God bless you.Jerry 0 Likes
Dixielee, BSN, RN Has 38 years experience. Specializes in ER. Feb 7, 2005 I am not clear as to what you are asking. Do you want hospital disaster/fire plans? Are you looking for how hospitals would handle disasters, or a large scale community fire? If you are looking for fire safety and internal disaster plans for a hospital, I would suggest you contact the risk manager of a local large hospital. They may point you to whoever is in charge at that facility. Engineering is usually who coordinates that at facilities I have been with. If you are looking for how ER's would handle disasters or fires, I suggest going to local EMS and Fire department personel. I am sure they, like hospitals, have huge amounts of information on policies and procedures. Good luck. 0 Likes
kat911 Has 28 years experience. Specializes in ICU, ED, Transport, Home Care, Mgmnt. Feb 7, 2005 Dear Nurses, I am on a comittee that is searching for fire disaster preperation. There is a lot of federal sites but a lot of non humonoid language having more to do with the Idea of having disaster preparation and no indication where step one step two or here is some standards - all vague mission statement speak - whole lot of nice sounds weak on clarity. I have some data from a sourse but looking for more if anyone knows of some viewable plans, ideas I sure would like to take a look. Thanks and God bless you.JerryHave you checked the Homeland Security web site? Look for the standards that are out for disaster preparedness for hospitals. Talk to the safety manager for a large hospital they can probably give you some sources. Emergency Nurses Association has a disaster management magazine and thier site might have some links. Good luck. 0 Likes
jerry5657 Feb 8, 2005 Thanks, for the sugestions - I have been to several official sites and have difficulty getting to any useful data - I'll keep swinging, Thanks 0 Likes
