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Massachusetts Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan (MassMAP) and Massachusetts Region 2 Healthcare Mutual Aid Plan (HMAP) for Evacuation and Resources / Assets

MassMAP establishes a course of action and an agreed commitment among participating nursing homes, assisted living residences and residential care facilities (rest homes) to assist each other as needed in the time of a disaster.  The HMAP provides this commitment among all Region 2 healthcare providers including Acute Care Hospitals, Rehabilitation Hospitals, Behavioral Health Hospitals, Health Centers, Home Health and the MassMAP plan.

Assistance may come in the form of:

• Providing pre-designated evacuation locations for patients/residents during a disaster; and/or
• Providing or sharing supplies, equipment, transportation, staff or pharmaceuticals to a facility when a disaster overwhelms their own community or exceeds the capability of internal emergency preparedness plans.

Why should you join this initiative?

While your facility may already be part of a community based Mutual Aid Plan or incorporated into your Company’s overall emergency and/or evacuation plan process this unique statewide plan will supplement those existing resources when the local or corporate plan is overwhelmed by a regional disaster.

Benefits to participating include:

• Preplanned Evacuation Strategy - fast evacuation (i.e. Fire/Gas Leak) and delayed evacuation (i.e. Hurricane/Loss of Emergency Power.)
• Preplanned Supply, Equipment and Pharmaceutical Support when Isolated.
• Provide local public safety incident commanders with easy on-site access to user-friendly plans including contact information for evacuation resources and key personnel.
• Provide local EMS commander with resources needed to efficiently identify, transfer and track residents to pre-designated receiving sites and facilities.
• Development of proactive Communications for ALL parties (healthcare, emergency agencies).
• Plan requirements meet DPH, Elder Affairs and Joint Commission disaster drill requirements and allow for community participation in disaster preparedness.