They are currently up-dating existing evacuation plans. All institutions have back-up power supplies to compensate for loss of electricity. These systems can provide for all needs for a period of up to a month or more. Cooking can be done on the 2 or 3 electrical stoves located at each facility. Using portable electric heaters can compensate for loss of heating.
All facilities have extra blankets stored for emergencies.
Medically fragile clients may have to be moved to appropriate facilities outside the impact area. These providers are contractually responsible for the safety and comfort of those individuals DDSD entrusts to them. As broad as this mandate is we have identified specific problem areas, and will propose or mandate pro-active actions in the advent of any disaster or Y2K specific problems. Major emergencies may require the relocation of clients to areas not effected by outages. Transfer clients to authorized providers outside of the effected area.