SCWIHERC Power Outage Exercise May 15, 2024

SCWIHERC conducted a Power Outage Functional Exercise on May 15, 2024.  The After Action Report and Improvement Plan is available in the SCWIHERC shared drive.

Themes of this exercise included:

• How public safety and healthcare organizations are going to gather information and assess impacts of the power outage.
• How all partners are going to plan and conduct outreach and coordinate response in the community, with respect to prioritizing life safety and health equity for those with functional and access needs and at-risk populations.
• How all partners are going to ensure the continuity of healthcare and public safety service delivery within their own organizations, with respect to assessing impacts, coordinating response, and planning for recovery.  These discussions should cover business operations, facility impacts, and staff and other resource management.
• How healthcare partners are going to respond to surge resulting from the decompensation of individuals in the community as a result of the power outage and any lingering impacts of the weather.
• How jurisdictions can request and utilize Health and Human Services EmPOWER data to inform their decision making, including a module wherein a mock EmPOWER data set will be provided, and partners can explore how to use it collaboratively to support information gathering and sharing, and response coordination.