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Hazard Vulnerability Assessments (HVA) Examples

 https://www.cahfdisasterprep.com/hva

Emergency Operations Plans Resources

https://www.cahfdisasterprep.com/eop

Table-Top Exercises, Drills, and Templates

https://www.cahfdisasterprep.com/exercises

Nursing Home Incident Command System

https://www.cahfdisasterprep.com/nhics

Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)

 / Transfer Agreements

https://www.cahfdisasterprep.com/mou

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Survey and Certification Group (SCG) developed this site. The site contains both mandated and voluntary information on emergency preparedness including the following: state survey agency guidance, emergency preparedness elements, 1135 waivers, and severe weather events. There is also a section on Homeland Security Threats and Cyber Security Threats.

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/provider-enrollment-and-certification/surveycertemergprep

This is the free training site available from FEMA. There are plenty of great online classes offered on the site in the “Independent Study” section.  Incident Command System (ICS), An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and Active Shooter/Workplace Security Awareness classes offered on the site.

https://training.fema.gov/

IS-235.C: Emergency Planning.

https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-235.c

(FEMA). IS-200.HCa – Applying ICS to Healthcare  Organizations. 

Course Summary. 

 ASPR, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and TRACIE, the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange was created by the U.S Department of Health & Human Services. Specifically, TRACIE was created to meet the technical needs of ASPR staff, emergency managers, healthcare coalitions, and public health practitioners. This site provides general emergency management resources including Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Tools, exercises, drills, and Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning. The site also offers various webinars and presentations. You can search by provider type for specific resources to help with compliance with the CMS emergency preparedness rule.  

https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/cmsrule

The training duration for the course is approximately seventeen (17) hours and it is available on-demand online. When you have completed the training, you will have a clearer understanding of the background events that led to the emergency preparedness requirements and a better idea of how surveying for emergency preparedness takes place.

When landing on the page from the link I provided below you can click “select here” for public access to the training catalog and scroll down to “Emergency Preparedness Basic Training”. The training has an introduction and two training modules. 

https://qsep.cms.gov/

 (An Official website of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) 

https://www.ready.gov/