Preparedness

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has established an alerting and real time resource inventorying system geared toward hospital resources called the FRED system. FRED stands for Facility Resource Emergency Database. Hospitals, EMS councils, and communications centers have access to this resource. FRED can be activated by calling the office directly and using the option to page a staff member after hours or by calling your local EMA office.

The EMMCO West CISM team, led by Clinical Director, Anthony Bostaph, has a primary mission of assisting emergency services personnel in coping with normal reactions to abnormal events. To activate the CISM team, call EMMCO West at 814-337-5380. There are directions for team activation 24/7.

Large events have the potential to dramatically stress local emergency resources should an untoward event occur. It is highly recommended that EMS agencies work with event planners, municipal leaders, fire, police and other emergency services to plan for such events. There is a template plan and post event reporting form to the right. You can submit your special event EMS plan to your regional council for DOH approval.