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Incident Guides 

The guides found in the links below can be used to assist your organization in planning and response activities for a variety of emergency incidents.  Each guide provides examples and guidance for creating emergency plans, exercise discussion or exercise play around each of the different types of events listed below.

Please click the links below:

​​Incident Plann​ing Guides

• ​The Incident Planning Guide (IPG) identifies potential actions or strategies the hospital may use in preparing for the identified hazard. The IPG actions are grouped into the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. This allows the emergency manager to ensure that activities within each of the emergency management phases are considered during plan development. The IPG should be viewed as a template, with hospitals carefully considering the recommended actions for their customized plans.​

Incident Response Guides

• ​The Incident Response Guide (IRG) identifies actions in the Immediate, Intermediate, Extended, and Demobilization/System Recovery phases of an event. IRGs are meant to be reviewed and customized by the hospital, including the insertion of hospital specific actions for each identified hazard. These guides provide a set of documented procedures and includes guidelines for roles and responsibilities, communication plans, and standardized response protocols.
  

 All incidents include:

• Active Shooter
  
• Chemical Incident
  
• Earthquake​
  
• Evacuation Shelter / Shelter in Place
  
• Explosion
  
• Hostage / Barricade Incident
  
• Infectious Disease
  
• IT Failure
  
• Mass Casualty
  
• Missing Person
  
• Radiation Incident
  
• Severe Weather with Warning
  
• Staff Shortage
  
• Tornado
  
• Utility Failure
  
• Wildland Fire
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