Emergency Preparedness Plan. DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia,

Enclosed is the Emergency Preparedness Plan for the DHCS. This volume represents DeWitt Army Community Hospitals DACH doctrine for emergency preparedness and is directive in nature, The EPP is effective for planning upon receipt. All DACH departmentsdivisionsservicesactivities will prepare supporting Standard Operating Procedures SOPs andor protocols for operations envisioned in Annex C, EPP. Selected portions of this plan will be implemented by a mass casualty exercise at a minimum of twice yearly. The EPP satisfies regulatory and statutory requirements as set forth by Public Law, executive order, Department of the Army, Medical Command MEDCOM, and Fort Belvoir mandated emergency preparedness planning. Appendix 2 to Annex C to the EPP satisfies OSHA fire and safety planning requirements. This volume also satisfies emergency medical planning guidelines as set forth by JCAHOs 1996 Standard EC. 1.6. emergency preparedness management plan. This volume is unclassified and contains no Privacy Act restrictions. Dissemination may include public domain without prior command approval. The DeWitt Army Medical Activity Emergency Preparedness Plan EPP dated 1 October 1997 is hereby rescinded and may be destroyed as unclassified non-sensitive material.