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Overview of the LA County EMS Agency’s Emergency Power Resilience Initiative & Emergency Power Resilience Playbook

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Initiative Overview

  • Four-phase initiative launched in May 2019 as Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) threats increased
  • Powered for Patients, 501c3 non-profit, hired as contractor
  • Initiative sought to:
    • Evaluate existing protocols around generator threat reporting and response by government agencies

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  • Review existing state and county protocols and identify gaps
  • LA County Office of Emergency Management developed an initial framework for addressing emergency power threats

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  • Conduct a detailed census of Emergency Power Systems in the 80 hospitals participating in the ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program
  • Completed an emergency power fleet census in LA County

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LA County Generator Fleet: Twelve 800 kW generators and twenty-three 200 kW generators

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  • Develop new protocols to better safeguard emergency power
  • Create a confidential Risk Rating for Hospitals
    • Tier 1 – No concerns with emergency power system (42 hospitals)
    • Tier 2 – Concerns based on outdated generators, lack of redundant emergency power or limited run time due to low onsite fuel capacity (37 hospitals)

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Playbook Overview

  • Key Stakeholders for whom Playbook was developed:
    • Hospital and Sub-acute SNF (Facility directors, Emergency Management Officers and Administrators)
    • Government officials
    • Generator service, fuel and rental providers
    • Electric Utilities Providers

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Stakeholder Responsibilities

  • All 4 Phases has a list of action items

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20 Appendices

  • Emergency Power System Assessment Worksheets For Hospitals & Sub-Acute SNFs
  • FEMA Checklists for Safeguarding Emergency Power Before, During and After Power Outages
  • The 10 Most Common Causes Of Generator Failure

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Hospitals- Appendix B

  • Number of generators
  • What is the ratio of total kW of generator power to the number of licensed acute care beds in your facility?
  • How old are your generators?
  • What is the emergency power system runtime based on your facility’s onsite fuel storage capacity?
  • Do you have a generator services contact in place?�

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n0oIxCyL09iFPhN9W3TQ1IdAkAPddiXl/edit

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Sub-acute SNF- Appendix C

  • Number of generators
  • Does your facility rely on any generators that exceed 30 years of age?
  • Based on current on-site fuel capacity, what is the emergency power system runtime?
  • Do you have a generator service contract in place?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fHemqIXzNMfQKgjzgcrZVR4o9ReANaxv/edit

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Questions

Chris Sandoval, BSN, RN

Chief, Disaster Services, Coordination and Response

Los Angeles County EMS Agency

csandoval@dhs.lacounty.gov

562.378.2443

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