Please see attached the latest update from the National Weather Service in Wakefield concerning potential severe weather for Wednesday/ Thursday. Chris Leonard EVHC RHCC Manager 757-513-4709 (cell) Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone -------- Original message --------From: NWS Wakefield SKYWARN <akq-report@PROTECTED> Date: 3/3/25 14:49 (GMT-05:00) To: _NWS ER AKQ <nws.er.akq@PROTECTED>, VA Coastal EMs <akq.coastalvaEMs@PROTECTED>, VA Inland ...Continue Reading

Please see attached the latest Winter Storm briefing from the National Weather Service in Wakefield concerning a significant snow event for much of the Eastern Region. Also find the link in the attached email for access to all live weather briefings. [IMAGE] Chris Leonard Regional Healthcare Coordination Center (RHCC) Manager E-mail: cleonard@PROTECTED Office: 757-963-0632 x324 I Cell: 757-513-4709 Toll Free: 844-757-TEMS (8367) I Fax: 757-963-2325 RHCC Activation: 844-757-7422 ...Continue Reading

Please find attached an updated weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Wakefield, VA detailing possible weather threats for this weekend into next week. [IMAGE] Chris Leonard Regional Healthcare Coordination Center (RHCC) Manager E-mail: cleonard@PROTECTED Office: 757-963-0632 x324 I Cell: 757-513-4709 Toll Free: 844-757-TEMS (8367) I Fax: 757-963-2325 RHCC Activation: 844-757-7422 Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition Tidewater EMS Council, Inc. 1104 Madis ...Continue Reading

Please feel free to share this with any of your colleagues in the Eastern Region. MGT-341 UpdateI have attached the flyers for this class here. MGT-341 TEEX CLASS: Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Orgs within the Community InfrastructurePlease make sure that you are registering for the correct class. The City of Virginia Beach is hosting the exact same class outside of TEMS Expo on May 12-13. This class is being held during TEMS Expo on May 13-14 from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. in Norfolk, Virginia a ...Continue Reading

Please share with all your respective colleagues across the Eastern Region. This email was too big, so I had to break it up into two parts. CHEC Class Information All 3 days of training will be held at: Sentara-Williamsburg (Graves Conference Room, 1st Floor) 100 Sentara Circle Williamsburg, VA 23188. Participants will receive a Student Manual at time of check-in for each class. * Basic CHEC Course, April 22nd-23rd, 2025: * [1]https://register3.ndlsf.org/course/view.php?id=3664 ...Continue Reading

Please share these with your respective colleagues and counterparts across the Eastern Region of Virginia. The email attachments were too big, so this email is broken into 2 parts. PEMS MOULAGE CLASS There will be a Basic Moulage Course offered at PEMS on February 19th or February 20th, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00p.m. There is not a charge for the course and students only need to register for one day. This course is an interactive hands-on course in which the attendees will learn how to ...Continue Reading

Please see the latest briefing from the National Weather Service in Wakefield, VA concerning weather across the region for today. [IMAGE] Chris Leonard Regional Healthcare Coordination Center (RHCC) Manager E-mail: cleonard@PROTECTED Office: 757-963-0632 x324 I Cell: 757-513-4709 Toll Free: 844-757-TEMS (8367) I Fax: 757-963-2325 RHCC Activation: 844-757-7422 Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition Tidewater EMS Council, Inc. 1104 Madison Plaza, Ste 101, Chesapeake, VA 23320 ...Continue Reading

EXERCISE – EXERCISE – EXERCISE – EXERCISE: The Eastern Region RHCC has issued a regionwide VHASS Emergency Alert (Test). All Eastern Region Acute Care Hospitals, Outpatient Care Centers, Free Standing Emergency Departments, Long-Term Care Facilities and Dialysis Centers please update your VHASS status and respond in the regional event log “6 FEB 2025 VHASS ALERT RECEIVED – VHASS STATUS UPDATED”. If you also received the VHASS Emergency Alert via Listserv please also include “LISTSERV MESSAGE REC ...Continue Reading

Please see the Virginia Fusion Center (VFC) Health/Cyber Aware Sector Specific Bulletin attached below concerning cyber security vulnerabilities with Contec Medical Systems patient monitoring equipment. [IMAGE] Chris Leonard Regional Healthcare Coordination Center (RHCC) Manager E-mail: cleonard@PROTECTED Office: 757-963-0632 x324 I Cell: 757-513-4709 Toll Free: 844-757-TEMS (8367) I Fax: 757-963-2325 RHCC Activation: 844-757-7422 Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition Tide ...Continue Reading

Hello all, The Regional Hazards and Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) was created to identify hazards or risks that are most likely to have an impact on healthcare facilities and the surrounding community. The Regional HVA is completed annually in November based on analysis received from member HVA’s. The Kaiser Permanente method was used to distinguish the Top 10 that you determined were impacting your facilities. The Top 10 Actual Alerts that we have created are all the alerts that we received ...Continue Reading