Exercise and Drills
To facilitate Health Care Coalition (HCC) wide collaboration to support family reunification preparedness and response following an emergency or disaster, a new Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) deliverable was introduced for CY 2022 – “Conduct Family Reunification Center (FRC) training and tabletop exercise”.
This new deliverable is intended to build upon the previously developed Family Information Center (FIC) guide and the previously implemented HPP deliverable of, “maintain participation with the Family Reunification Center system.”
The goals of the FRC exercise include:
- Facilitate the development of processes needed to operationalize the use of the FRC system during an activation of the Hospital Family Information Center (FIC) plan
- Promote FRC end-user familiarity
- Assess FRC information sharing capabilities
The achievability of the overall goals will be assessed by tasking end-users (players) to test accessing the FRC application, data entry, data gathering, and information sharing to support family reunification efforts.
2023 Family Reunification Center (FRC) Training and Exercise
Important Dates:
- FRC Training Session
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
10am, 2pm, or 8pm
(See below for additional information)
- FRC Exercise Briefing:
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
10:00am to 11:30am
(More information to come)
- FRC Exercise
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Flyers:
Exercise Documents and Resources:
Pre-Exercise
- Training Sessions:
To prepare end-users for the FRC Exercise, ReddiNet has scheduled online (webinar) training for Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The webinar will be conducted by a qualified ReddiNet employee at 10am, 2pm, and again at 8pm. Participants only need to attend one of the 60-minute training sessions. You can register for the session of your choice at the following link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/9041030557151735135
If you miss the March 21st training sessions, there will be a make-up session on March 23rd at 2pm. You will need to register for the make-up session: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/1070612491123344912.
It is recommended you attend the March 21st training because it’s more focused.
Exercise
- Controller Evaluator Handbook (Pending)
- Exercise Plan (ExPlan) (Pending)
- Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) (Pending)
- Patient and Seeker Data (EMO Access Only) (Pending)
Post – Exercise
- After-Action Report / Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) (Pending)
- Exercise Evaluation Guide (EEG) (Pending)
- Participant Feedback Form (Pending)
Resources
- Family Information Center (FIC) Guide (https://dhs.lacounty.gov/emergency-medical-services-agency/home/disaster-programs/disaster-programs-fic/)
- Los Angeles County Family Assistance Center (FAC) Plan (https://ceo.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/OEM/HazardsandThreats/Annexes/LACo_FAC_Plan_May2014_Web.pdf)
- ReddiNet (https://www.reddinet.com/)
- ReddiNet Application (https://reddinet.net/app/login)
- FRC Application (https://frc.reddinet.net/Account?ReturnUrl=%2F)
- Training Videos (https://reddinet.net/support/Home/Videos)
- Schedule Webinar Training for ReddiNet or FRC Applications (https://calendly.com/reddinet/training?month=2022-02)
Please contact Darren Verrette at dverrette@dhs.lacounty.gov or (562) 378-1641 with any questions.
2022 Family Reunification Center (FRC) Exercise:
Pre-Exercise
- FRC Exercise Save the Date Flyer (July 26, 2022)
- FRC Training (June 30 or July 13)
Family Reunification Center (FRC) training via webinar is scheduled for June 30th and again on July 13th. The FRC webinar training will be conducted by a qualified ReddiNet employee. ReddiNet has scheduled three 60-minute sessions for both days. Participants only need to attend one of the 60-minute training sessions. You can register for the session of your choice at the following link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/8873956461222238735
Exercise:
- Controller Evaluator Handbook
- Exercise Plan (ExPlan)
- Master Scenario Event List (MSEL)
- Patient and Seeker Data (EMO Access Only)
Post – Exercise Documents
- After-Action Report / Improvement Plan (AAR/IP)
- Exercise Evaluation Guide (EEG)
- Participant Feedback Form
Resources
- Family Information Center (FIC) Guide
- Los Angeles County Family Assistance Center (FAC) Plan
- ReddiNet (https://www.reddinet.com/)
Please contact Darren Verrette at dverrette@dhs.lacounty.gov or (562) 378-1641 with any questions.
The Medical Response and Surge Exercise (MRSE) is an annual requirement of the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) cooperative agreement. The MRSE is a functional exercise designed to examine and evaluate the ability of Healthcare Coalitions (HCC) and other stakeholders to support medical surge. Placing stress on the health system is important for testing current response systems, identifying gaps in preparedness, and informing improvement planning.
2022 Medical Response and Surge Exercise (MRSE)
The 2022 Medical Response and Surge Exercise is scheduled to occur on Thursday, November 17, 2022. Listed below are documents associated with the 2022 MRSE.
Pre-Exercise
Participant Webinar (10/11/2022)
- Participant Webinar Flyer
- Registration Link (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar)
- Participant Webinar Agenda
Participant Webinar Presentations:
- Exercise Planning – 101
- MRSE Overview
- ReddiNet
- Impacts of a Dirty Bomb
- MHOAC Overview
- Breakout Session – Clinics, ASC, and UC
- Breakout Session – Dialysis
- Breakout Session – Home Health & Hospice
- Breakout Session – Hospital
- Breakout Session – Long Term Care
Participant Webinar Recordings
- Participant Webinar
- Breakout Sessions – Not Recorded
MRSE Registration (11/17/2022)
Exercise Objectives:
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC)
- Community Clinics
- Dialysis Centers
- EMS Agency
- Home Health and Hospice Agencies (HHH)
- Hospitals
- Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities
- Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
- Provider Agencies (Private and Public)
- Urgent Care Centers
Exercise Documents:
- Exercise Plan (ExPlan)
- Situation Manual (SitMan)
- Controller Evaluator Handbook
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Dialysis, HHH, ASC & Urgent Care
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Clinics
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Health Care Coalition
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Hospitals
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Provider Agencies
- Exercise Evaluation Guide – Long Term Care
- Master Scenario Event List (MSEL)
- Victim Cards
- 2022 Medical Response and Surge Exercise – Hospital Capacity Survey
Post Exercise Documents:
Exercise Evaluation Webinar (12/14/2022):
- Exercise Evaluation Webinar Flyer
- Registration Link (After registering, you will receive a Zoom confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar)
- Exercise Evaluation Webinar Agenda
- Exercise Evaluation Webinar Presentation
- Exercise Evaluation Webinar Recordings: (Pending)
- Breakout Session Recordings: (Pending)
The 2022 Statewide Medical and Health Exercise has been cancelled. In place of the 2022 SWMHE, we will conduct the 2022 Medical Response and Surge Exercise (2022 MRSE information located above)
The 2022 Statewide Medical and Health Exercise been cancelled. In place of the 2022 SWMHE, we will conduct the 2022 Medical Response and Surge Exercise (2022 MRSE information located above)