In August, we hosted an Active Aggressor Workshop in lieu of our regularly scheduled coalition meeitng. In coordination with the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) we are brought an active aggressor/active threat/ active shooter emergency preparedness workshop tailored for our healthcare partners. Participants had engaging discussions about active aggressors within ... Read more...
Calling all healthcare partners, Flight 60 will be hosting monthly training sessions to teach healthcare personnel how to operate their Flight 60 ventilator units as well as answer any additional questions. This training will be on the second Tuesday of every month at 11:00 am. The next session will be Tuesday, August 9th at 11:00am. ... Read more...
You're invited to join us in person or virtually for July's Coalition Business Meeting. As a partner of the Coalition, we encourage all members to attend each of our coalition meetings. However, if you have a signed agreement with the Coalition, a Hospital MOU or a letter of support, you are encouraged to attend all ... Read more...
NSPA has finished up another year, and we want to take a look back at some highlights and discuss the direction for 2022-2023. Over the last 12 months, our coalition members responded to SARs-COV2/ Covid-19 as variant strains spread within the state and increased related hospitalizations throughout the fall of 2021 and the winter months ... Read more...
Last week partners from the Near and Far Southwest Healthcare Coalition regions participated in the first of its kind, Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan Full Scale Exercise. There were over 30 different participants from Long Term Care Facilities, Local/Regional/State Health Departments, Local and Regional Emergency Management, Hospitals, and more. The Commonwealth of Virginia will ... Read more...
The NSPA Training Center is "springing" into action by bringing you a variety of in-person offerings. Each of these courses are open to our partners across the NSPA region. If you have any specific questions about these offerings or our Training Center please reach out to Monica McCullough, Training & Exercise Coordinator at mmccullough@vaems.org ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ... Read more...
We are excited to officially announce the return of an in-person Tabletop Exercise (TTX) on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the Vinton War Memorial (814 E Washington Ave, Vinton, VA 24179) from 1 - 4:30 PM (EST). This facilitated experience will validate the NSPA Burn Emergency Surge Annex. Participants will receive valuable education on hazardous ... Read more...
This month in lieu of our regularly scheduled monthly coalition meeting, we hosted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS). Individuals from their team presented on updates and changes to the emergency preparedness rule over the last two years as well as the new and improved process for submitting 1135 waiver requests. The recording and ... Read more...
Each year at the Coalition we are tasked with creating new and enhancing existing regional preparedness and response plans. Over the last few years we have updated the base to our Emergency Operations Plan, created an Infectious Disease Control Annex, Pediatric Annex, and enhanced our Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP). This year we will be ... Read more...
