Key Accomplishments: Regional Emergency Coordinators

Enabled a faster more effective federal response by understanding the health issues that face each region and state before a disaster strikes.
Helped states assess the number of patients emergency departments could treat in a disaster and the number of medical shelters the states need to support in a response.
Constantly working with states to build health resilience. The RECs have been called on to respond to 177 incidents and national special security events over the last 8 years.
Ensured communities were better prepared to quickly evacuate hundreds of patients in a disaster to hospitals across the U.S.
Drove the development of plans to handle the thousands of injuries and deaths that are expected after catastrophic earthquakes in the 10 most vulnerable states.