Background on IND Detonation in the NYC region

Since 2016, GNYHA and the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) have collaborated on the Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Notification Program for New York City 911-receiving hospitals, providing early warning about potential patient surges to hospital emergency departments. To support this effort, GNYHA convened the Pre-Hospital Working Group comprising members that are...

GNYHA has released an after-action report on the results of the New York City Long Term Care Mass Fatality Tabletop Exercise conducted in April 2023. This exercise examined the capabilities of continuing care facilities’ response to a mass casualty incident, including ensuring their ability to coordinate with local and state agencies; effectively communicate with staff,...

The New York City (NYC) Long-Term Care (LTC) Mass Fatality Tabletop Exercise (TTX) consisted of a three-hour facilitated, discussion-based TTX conducted three times over two days. Participants in each session were presented with two modules for discussion. The purpose of this exercise was to examine the coordination, collaboration, information sharing, mitigation, and response capabilities of...