HomeMy WebLinkAboutEvaluation Checklist Planning EVALUATION CHECKLIST -- PLANNING
Overall Planning yes no
1. Is there a community -wide disaster preparedness plan
in effect? . . . . . . . . •
2. Does the plan specifically address itself to the
management of mass casualties? . . . . . . .
3. Does the plan cover all aspects of mass casulaty
management?
a. Initial notification and mobilization? . . .
b. Triage?. . . . . . . . • . • . •
c. On -scene emergency first aid? . . . . .
d. Transportation of casualties? . . •
e. Communications? . . . . . . . . . . .
f. Traffic and crowd control? . . . . . . .
g. Emergency traffic route designation? . . . .
h. Public notification? . . . . . . . . .
4. Has the plan been coordinated among the various
county /city agencies, the hospitals, and those
industries that provide their own fire - fighting
capabilities? . . . . . . . . . . . . •
5. Has one person been granted the authority to activate
the plan? Have alternates been designated in his /her
absence?
Initial Notification Procedures
1. Five emergency numbers are listed on the inside front
cover of the city telephone directory. It is
conceivable that any one of these numbers could be
used to make initial notification of a disaster
resulting in mass casualties.
a. Is a cross - notification plan in effect whereby
all designated agencies are notified, regardless
of who receives the initial call? . .
b. Are dispatchers /operators aware of this plan?
(1) Fire department? . . . . . . . . .
(2) Police department? . . . . . . . . .
(3) City /county ambulance service? . . . . .
(4) Texas Dept. of Public Safety ?. . . . .
(5) County Sheriff? . . . . . . . .
yes no
2. Have key personnel in each of these departments been
designated, and have provisions been made for after -
hours notification of these personnel?
a. Fire department? . . . . . . . . . .
b. Police department? . . . . . . . . .
c. City /county ambulance service? . . . . . .
d. Texas Dept. of Public Safety?
e. County Sheriff? . . . . . . . . . .
On -scene Response
1. Is one agency responsible for evaluation of the
situation and determination as to whether the plan
should be activiated?
2. Is one agency responsible for coordination and
control of all on -scene activities? . . . . .
3. Have provisions been made for triage of casualties
by qualified personnel? . . . . . . . . .
4. Are qualified personnel available to perform life -
sustaining emergency first aid procedures? . .
5. Are adequate first aid supplies available, and have
provisions been made to deliver them to the scene of
the disaster? . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Are personnel performing triage aware of the
capabilities of the hospitals in the city? . .
7. Is bed availability reported to the on -scene
coordinator?
Communications
1. Does one communications network link all participants
in the plan, with one agency responsible for network
control?
2. Does existing communications system allow two -way
communications between the following:
a. Hospital exercising network control with all
other hospitals in the city? . . . . . . .
b. Hospital exercising network control with on -scene
coordinator? . . . . . . . . . . .
c. All hospitals with city /coutny ambulance service? .
yes 1 no
3. Are radio operators trained in network etiquette and
call signs?
Traffic and Crowd Control
1. Have provisions been made for traffic and crowd
control at the scene of the disaster? . . . . .
2. Have provisions been made for traffic and crowd at
each hospital?
3. Have emergency routes to major hospitals been
designated?
Transportation
1. Has a mass transportation plan been developed, and
can it be activated promptly?
2. Can the plan be activated during other than normal
working hours?
Public Notification
1. Has a plan been developed to promptly notify the
public of any disaster?
2. Does the notification plan include provisions for
instructing and reassuring the public? 1
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESOURCES
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DIVISION
February /1976