HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.06.20 Email from Lisa Almaguer - EMBARGOED Until 3_30 pm_ Press Release - FMS in Butte County
From:Almaguer, Lisa
Subject:EMBARGOED Until 3:30 pm: Press Release - FMS in Butte County
Date:Monday, April 6, 2020 2:08:30 PM
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April6,2020.
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FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
April6,2020
FEMADELIVERSSUPPLIESFORFIELDMEDICALSTATION(FMS)INBUTTE
COUNTY
ExpandsSurgeCapacityforCOVID-19
BUTTECOUNTY,Calif.– On Monday, April 6, 2020, medical supplies provided by FEMA
were delivered by the 146th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard to the Enloe
Rehabilitation Center located in Chico at 340 W. East Avenue. This site is designed to
expand medical surge capacity as needed in response to COVID-19.
The site, which is now a Field Medical Station (FMS), will extend the county’s capacity to
treat patients requiring hospitalization. An FMS provides support and resolves health and
medical capability gaps during public health emergencies that exceed the health care
systems.
FMS’s are short term solutions for health care resources and not open to the public.
Patients will be admitted to this location after a clinical assessment from a healthcare
provider.
The Enloe Rehabilitation Center will be converted and outfitted with 125 field hospital beds
and supplies to treat patients in need of hospitalization.
Butte County Public Health worked with Enloe Medical Center to secure the location of the
FMS. Because this site was approved, Enloe will be able to provide staff for the FMS and
wraparound services such as dietary, housekeeping, etc.
Background:FederalMedicalStations(FMS)
In 2004, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated a project to design
and evaluate a deployable medical capability to support medical response requirements of
the National Response Plan (NRS). When a public health emergency exceeds the capacity
and capability of the State, regional and local healthcare resources, temporary patient
surge occurs that may trigger a support requirement for federal services and supplies.
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Lisa Almaguer
Communications Manager / PIO
BUTTE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
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COVID-19 Call Center: 530.552.3050 Open 8 am-5 pm, everyday
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