Disaster Response
Disaster Response
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is partnered with the Mississippi State Department of Health to coordinate disaster response. Disaster response falls under ESF-8 (Public Health and Medical Services), which is activated by the Mississippi governor during a declared disaster.
Disaster Response has two field hospitals, each with a build-out capacity of providing a 50-bed facility, or can be combined to provide a single facility of over 100 beds during disaster events.
UMMC is a co-primary response agency under ESF-8. During declared state disasters, UMMC will:
- provide medical care personnel when available and coordinate staffing from other healthcare facilities;
- coordinate donated medical supplies and pharmaceuticals;
- provide medical control for emergency medical services when operating outside their normal response area when evacuating patients;
- Mississippi MED-COM will assist with patient movements and bed status reporting;
- UMMC will coordinate patient care for in-hospital, nursing home and other patient care needs and facilitate requests to assist with patient care where needed;
- Mississippi MED-COM will coordinate mobile resources once deployed by MSDH.
If you would like to receive communications from the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services related to disaster response and educational opportunities, please use this link to sign up for our email distribution list. You will be asked to register a password. Once you have confirmed your email address, you may log in and select the UMMC-DISASTER_MEDICAL _RESPONSE email list.