2020

• Became a 501c3 Corporation
• Provided encrypted radio equipment to all hospitals in Northeast Wisconsin
• Conducted monthly redundant communication drills to test communications between healthcare organizations
• Enhanced information sharing platform for Hospitals, Emergency Medical Services, Long Term Care and others to use
• Created document detailing the social vulnerability and at-risk electricity dependent people within our Region that was shared with all response agencies
• Facilitated meeting with healthcare partners during the onset of COVID to encourage partnerships and collaboration in response tactics
• Facilitated ongoing meetings with healthcare partners to maintain collaboration in response to COVID
• Completed a regional Hazard Vulnerability Analysis allowing partners to focus improvements on the identified top vulnerabilities
• Created a regional Preparedness Plan encompassing partnerships with all healthcare entities
• To improve regional mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery from catastrophic health events, the NEW HERC created a Regional Response Plan
• Created a Continuity of Operations Plan to ensure the essential functions of the NEW HERC are continued in the event that an emergency disrupts our normal operations
• Distributed in excess of three hundred Thermometers and Pulse Oximeters to organizations such as child care centers, Volunteer Fire/EMS agencies, schools, and long term care facilities for free
• Approved expenditures on positive air purifying respirators, web-based tools for EMS, Decontamination equipment to enhance hospital capabilities, and more
• Sponsored and shared training events occurring across Northeast Wisconsin

2021

• Upgraded encrypted radio equipment in all hospitals in Northeast Wisconsin, and provided ongoing training
• Enhanced information sharing platform for Hospitals, Emergency Medical Services, Long Term Care and others to use
• Conducted monthly redundant communication drills to test communications between healthcare organizations
• Created document detailing the social vulnerability and at-risk electricity dependent people within our Region
• Facilitated ongoing meetings with healthcare partners to maintain collaboration in response to COVID
• Created and shared COVID tracking data for safety and compliance reasons
• Completed a regional Hazard Vulnerability Analysis allowing partners to focus improvements on the identified top vulnerabilities
• Created document detailing the social vulnerability and at-risk electricity dependent people within our Region that was shared with all response agencies
• Created a surge plan to provide structure for how the pediatric trauma centers will coordinate with each other and work with partners including local hospitals, EMS, health care coalitions, and the Wisconsin Department of Health to respond to an event.
• Distributed in excess of two hundred Thermometers and Pulse Oximeters to organizations such as child care centers, Volunteer Fire/EMS agencies, schools, and long term care facilities for free
• Approved expenditures on active threat protective gear for EMS, positive air purifying respirators for hospitals, equipment for the falls prevention alliance,
• Sponsored and shared training events occurring across Northeast Wisconsin
• Sponsored training for Advanced Burn Life Support for physicians, nurses, and emergency responders

2022

• Became a Charitable Organization with the State of Wisconsin
• Conducted a large-scale Medical Response and Surge Exercise with 56 business, and public and private healthcare organizations
• Continue to share COVID tracking data for safety and compliance reasons
• Upgraded encrypted radio equipment in all hospitals in Northeast Wisconsin, and provided ongoing training
• Enhanced information sharing platform for Hospitals, Emergency Medical Services, Long Term Care and others to use
• Conducted monthly redundant communication drills to test communications between healthcare organizations
• Created document detailing the social vulnerability and at-risk electricity dependent people within our Region
• Facilitated ongoing meetings with healthcare partners to maintain collaboration in response to COVID
• Completed a regional Hazard Vulnerability Analysis allowing partners to focus improvements on the identified top vulnerabilities
• Continue to sponsor training for Advanced Burn Life Support for physicians, nurses, and emergency responders
• Initiated discussions with the Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition in Michigan
• Conducted a large Burn Surge Tabletop with multiple healthcare partners to promote collaborative response to such an event
• Sponsored and shared training events occurring across Northeast Wisconsin
• Continued to sponsor training for Advanced Burn Life Support for physicians, nurses, and emergency responders
• Created a regional Burn Surge Plan for Northeast Wisconsin
• Created document detailing the social vulnerability and at-risk electricity dependent people within our Region that was shared with all response agencies
• Collaboratively created a High Consequence Infectious Disease Health Care Surge Plan
• Conducted a large-scale Infectious Disease Drill attended by numerous healthcare professionals
• Continue to distribute Thermometers and Pulse Oximeters to organizations such as childcare centers, Volunteer Fire/EMS agencies, schools, and long-term care facilities for free
• Approved the creation or enhancement of ten regional task force teams to focus on the needs and care of victims by enhancing collaborative training between law enforcement, emergency medical services and fire