Utility Failure Resources

 

To: All stakeholders involved in the operations of Assisted Living Facilities in Colorado    From: HFEMSD     Utility failures are a major concern for health care and may cause substantial harm to patients, staff, and facilities. Threats include infrastructure damage due to natural disasters and other incidents, planned outages to relieve stress on services or prevent other hazards, and malicious acts such as physical and cyber sabotage. It is also important to note the cascading effects a failure of one utility may have on others; more than one utility may fail simultaneously or sequentially.   The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) from the US Department of Health and Human Services provides education to states regarding disaster preparedness. In the November 2023 edition of their newsletter, The Express, ASPR provides a Utility Failures in Health Care Tool Kit. This is valuable information in order to prepare for emergencies across the United States. This tool kit has resources available across the US.   Here is the Utility Failure Tool Kit.