Hurricane Readiness
| Message from the NYC Advanced Warning System: 8/25/2011 The Advance Warning System disseminates information to New Yorkers with special needs through their service providers. Please share the important information below with your clients and other agencies or individuals to empower them to make informed decisions: Good afternoon AWS Partners, OEM continues to closely monitor Hurricane Irene as it approaches the East Coast. As of 11 AM, Thursday, Hurricane Irene was passing over the Bahamas, and moving north northwest at 13 miles per hour. Irene is currently a Category 3 hurricane. While the forecast remains uncertain, there is now a strong possibility New York City will experience hurricane or tropical storm conditions this weekend. Agencies should continue to work with their clients to determine if their homes are in one of the three designated hurricane evacuation zones. Evacuation zone information is available through the Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder at www.NYC.gov/hurricanezones or by calling 311 (TTY: 212-204-4115). If your client lives in an evacuation zone, help him or her determine where they will go and how they will get there if there is an evacuation. If they have pets, they should prepare for them as well. Access the Ready New York hurricane guide at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/hurricane_guide.shtml. There is no evacuation at this time, but we recommend continuing to reach out to all your vulnerable clients and suggest they refill prescription medications, buy water and non-perishable foods and complete other important activities in anticipation of heavy storms this weekend. |
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| FRIDAY AUGUST 26th Important Notice from the HBCA Alliance During the course of the coastal storm emergency, starting Saturday morning at 9 am through Monday evening at 8:30 pm, The Home Based Care Alliance will be represented in the NYC OEM Emergency Operations Center. You can push up an issue to us by sending an email to us via gmail: HBCAlliance@gmail.com The phone number in the EOC is 718-422-8783, starting at 9 am on Saturday morning. |
General Updates for Home Care Providers LONG ISLAND If you are on Long Island, please access your county websites for information regarding evacuation and shelters. You should have already reached out to your county OEMs and Departments of Health in preparation for potential evacuation. Nassau County: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/OEM/index.html# Suffolk County: http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/ The Suffolk County Code Red Emergency Notification System: The Suffolk County has instituted the CodeREDEmergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas of the County in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boil-water notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 50,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers our recorded message to a live person or an answering machine, making three attempts to connect to any number. Sign Up to receive Emergency Notifications from the Suffolk County CodeREDEmergency Notification System NEW YORK CITY ONLY If you are in NYC, you should be working with the Home and Community Based Care Alliance. In the mean time you should be working with patients/clients in Zone A to assess the need for evacuation assistance. If you (the agency) determine that a patient has no other resources e.g. friends, family, neighbors and live in Zone A the provider should work with the individual to call 311. The doors for the shelters open today at 1600hrs. The city has 311 positioned to start making TAL focused transfers for callers who request assistance at that time. Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder: http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm or http://www.nyc. gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml *NOTE: The Evacuation Center marked in the hurricane evacuation zone map as Aqueduct Racetrack, Rockaway Blvd. & 108th Street in Queens is being replaced by John Adams High School, 101-01 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park, 11417. *NOTE: The Evacuation Center marked in the NYC hurricane evacuation zone map as Christ the King H.S. has been moved to Grover Cleveland H.S. Check the zone Westchester County: http://emergencyservices.westchestergov.com/ Providers in other counties that may be affected, such as Rockland, should access their county emergency websites or reach out to their local authorities for sheltering and evacuation information as needed. Note: · As you prepare your patients for possible evacuation, make sure they know what to take with them, especially MEDICATIONS, a list of medications if supplies are low, and any assistive technology devices/supports, along with contact information for families. Shelters will have minimal comfort supplies – they should take extra pillows, blankets, nutritional supports etc. if needed. · If patients are sheltering in place and are on life support equipment, make sure the utility companies are aware of their location and needs. We may have extended power outages. Please watch the news for any possible updates on evacuations. If you are on Long Island, please access your county websites for information regarding evacuation and shelters. You should have already reached out to your county OEMs and Departments of Health in preparation for potential evacuation. Nassau County: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/OEM/index.html# Suffolk County: http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/ The Suffolk County Code Red Emergency Notification System: The Suffolk County has instituted the CodeREDEmergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas of the County in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boil-water notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 50,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers our recorded message to a live person or an answering machine, making three attempts to connect to any number. Sign Up to receive Emergency Notifications from the Suffolk County CodeREDEmergency Notification System NEW YORK CITY ONLY If you are in NYC, you should be working with the Home and Community Based Care Alliance. There is a call today at 2 p.m.: The dial in number is 718.218.0200. The access code for all the users is 513930. In the mean time you should be working with patients/clients in Zone A to assess the need for evacuation assistance. If you (the agency) determine that a patient has no other resources e.g. friends, family, neighbors and live in Zone A the provider should work with the individual to call 311. The doors for the shelters open today at 1600hrs. The city has 311 positioned to start making TAL focused transfers for callers who request assistance at that time. Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder: http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm or http://www.nyc. gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml *NOTE: The Evacuation Center marked in the hurricane evacuation zone map as Aqueduct Racetrack, Rockaway Blvd. & 108th Street in Queens is being replaced by John Adams High School, 101-01 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park, 11417. *NOTE: The Evacuation Center marked in the NYC hurricane evacuation zone map as Christ the King H.S. has been moved to Grover Cleveland H.S. Check the zone Westchester County: http://emergencyservices.westchestergov.com/ Providers in other counties that may be affected, such as Rockland, should access their county emergency websites or reach out to their local authorities for sheltering and evacuation information as needed. Note: · As you prepare your patients for possible evacuation, make sure they know what to take with them, especially MEDICATIONS, a list of medications if supplies are low, and any assitive technology devices/supports, along with contact information for families. Shelters will have minimal comfort supplies – they should take extra pillows, blankets, nutritional supports etc. if needed. · If patients are sheltering in place and are on life support equipment, make sure the utility companies are aware of their location and needs. We may have extended power outages. Please watch the news for any possible updates on evacuations. |
| NYC Providers: Call 311 for evacuation assistance for your patients. They will accept calls until 8 hours before landfall - do not wait! Please remind your patients to take their medication, medication lists, and any assistive technologies they use on a daily basis. |