VHA Office of Emergency Management: Guidance from Other Agencies and Organizations

Below are links to emergency management reference materials from other Federal and State agencies and other organizations:

• Department of Defense 
• Department of Health and Human Services 
• Executive Order 
• Federal Emergency Management Agency 
• Occupational Safety and Health 
• Other Organizations 

Department of Defense

• National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Federal Coordinating Center Guide (2006)*(2.9 MB, PDF)

Department of Health and Human Services

• Strategic National Stockpile Coordination (121 KB, PDF)
  Letter instructing Strategic National Stockpile Coordinators to include VA facilities in their strategic national stockpile distribution plans
• HIPAA Privacy and Disclosures in Emergency Situations* (32 KB, PDF)
  Information on privacy and disclosure of individually identifiable health information during an emergency under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)*

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Executive Order

• Executive Order 13247 on Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs*

Federal Emergency Management Agency

• National Incident Management System (NIMS)*
  Standardized, comprehensive framework to help government offices, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector to work together to manage emergencies
  • NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems (2006)* (187 KB, PDF)
  • FY2008 and FY2009 NIMS Implementation Objectives for Healthcare Organizations*
• National Response Framework*
  Comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to responding to incidents in the U.S.
• Federal Continuity Directive 01* (1.87 MB, PDF)
• Federal Continuity Directive 02* (1.35 MB, PDF)

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Occupational Safety and Health

• OSHA Handbook for Hospitals*

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Other Organizations

• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1600 - Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs (2010)*†(767 KB, PDF)
  Common set of criteria that sets a foundation for disaster management, emergency management, and business continuity programs.
• Mass Fatality Incident Management: Guidance for Hospitals and Other Healthcare Entities - LA County, August 2008* (432 KB, PDF)
  Guidance, forms, and checklists for health care facilities to use during a mass or multi-fatality incident

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