Maintain heating and air conditioning to the facility and adjacent facilities.
Update Secondary Person Responsible:
Documents/Tools:
• Incident Action Plan
• Hospital emergency operations plan
• Hospital organization chart
• Hospital telephone directory
• Radio/satellite phone
• PC with internet access, as available
• HVAC schematics
• Inventory list and vendor supply list
1. Receive appointment, briefing, and any appropriate materials from the Infrastructure Branch Director.
2. Read this entire Job Action Sheet and review incident management team chart (HICS Form 207). Put on position identification.
3. Notify your usual supervisor of your HICS assignment.
4. Document all key activities, actions, and decisions in an Operational Log (HICS Form 214) on a continual basis.
5. Appoint HVAC Unit members and complete the Branch Assignment List (HICS Form 204).
6. Brief Unit members on current situation, incident objectives and strategy; outline Unit action plan; and designate time for next briefing.
7. Ensure Unit members comply with safety policies and procedures.
8. Ensure security of HVAC in conjunction with Security Branch.
9. Establish and communicate the operational status of the HVAC to the Infrastructure Support Branch Director.
10. Initiate emergency repair order(s) for the HVAC systems as indicated; advise Infrastructure Branch Director of issues.
11. Provide HVAC support to patient care areas and alternate treatment sites, and other critical areas.
12. Evaluate positive and negative pressure status of isolation rooms, in collaboration with the Facilities Unit Leader.
13. Anticipate air flow response needs for internal and external environmental hazards (e.g., climate, air plume, spills, etc.)
14. Coordinate with Infrastructure Branch Director to request external resource assistance.
15. Document all communications (internal and external) on an Incident Message Form (HICS Form 213). Provide a copy of the Incident Message Form to the Documentation Unit.
Ongoing Duties:
1. Meet regularly with the Infrastructure Branch Director for status reports, and relay important information to Unit members.
2. Continue to closely monitor HVAC operations.
3. Respond to and correct HVAC shortage/failure using appropriate emergency procedure(s).
4. Advise Infrastructure Branch Director immediately of any operational issue you are not able to correct or resolve.
5. Maintain operability of isolation rooms in collaboration with the Facilities Unit Leader.
