Code Red: Fire Drills

Emergency Management in Hospitals & Healthcare

Emergency management (EM) is often taught in the context of community, provincial, national, and international emergencies. There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health care setting. Emergencies affect hospitals differently and require unique approaches to EM efforts. Hospitals and healthcare facilities also experience very specific emergencies of their own. This speaker series aims to address some of these topics through knowledge transferring and sharing and to inform professionals in the DEM field who are working in these settings and those who are transitioning to the healthcare field or studying DEM from a healthcare context.

This special Emergency Preparedness Week session brings you an expert panel from across Canada to discuss the importance of fire safety preparedness and fire drills.

Panelists:

• Chris Teichroeb – Manager, Lower Mainland Fire Safety Program, Emergency Management B.C.
• Simon Bridgland, RN – Emergency Management Specialist
  Niagara Health
• Braeden Cockburn – Fire Marshall, Trillium Health Partners
• Shawn Constantin – Security Supervisor, Health & Safety Advisor, Collingwood General & Marine Hospital
• Mark McCormick – Fire Safety Officer Halton Healthcare
• Craig Brandon – Fire Life Safety Coordinator, Calgary & Central Zone, Alberta Health Services

Moderator:

• Mesha Richard – Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

More info & registration: https://www.yorku.ca/cifal/emhospitals/