Who would you call if your community needed to evacuate?  Do you have the contacts and connections you need with your local hospitals or other communities?  Did you know you can access the Virginia Healthcare Alerting and Status System (VHASS), a free, web-based system, which is designed to distribute critical emergency management information needed by Virginia’s healthcare providers?  Sign up for VHASS today!

Instructions on How to Register for VHASS
VHASS (Virginia Healthcare Alerting and Status System)
How to be Ready: CMS Emergency Preparedness Regulation Presentation from Spring District Meetings 

About VHASS

VHASS is a secure, web‐based emergency management system to coordinate and streamline individual and regional health care response to all hazards. Fully interoperable, built ‐in modules “handshake” with one another to save time, reduce confusion and provide intelligent real‐time responses.

The system is a robust multifaceted system that helps the Virginia hospital and healthcare infrastructure better prepare, communicate, collaborate, and report conditions and statuses during incidents.

Additional Resources 

State Resources
Emergency Preparedness Worksheet  – Virginia Department of Health/Office of Licensure and Certification
Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities  (See Part IX. Emergency Preparedness)
VHASS (Virginia Healthcare Alerting and Status System)
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Directory of Virginia Local Emergency Managers
Regional Healthcare Coalitions 

Federal Resources
CMS Quality, Safety & Oversight Group – Emergency Preparedness
ASPR TRACIE
Ready.gov