Reminding you that MEMS is in condition yellow in preparation for possible evacuation of area hospitals in New Orleans.
Condition yellow means, among many things, that all units are prepared for immediate deployment and staff is notified to be ready to come in immediately. Condition Red means that there is a mandatory call back of all employees. If condition red is called, staffing will be set up so that we can sustain an extended response with not only the event, but also normal 911 and day-to-day operations. The goal is to staff up without burning everyone out.
As of now, we do not know if we will be activated, how many patients to expect etc.. We did succeed in getting the reception site moved to Central flying instead of Jacksonville Air Force.
I know that this is a Holiday weekend, however this is what we do for living, respond to patients, and in this case cities in need.
