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Hurricane Preparedness Checklist

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Challenge: Financial Sustainability  

Content provided by AHA Endorsement partner: Agility Recovery

This overview and checklist provides basic steps to hurricane preparation and will help your hospital prepare before, during and after a storm.


Hurricanes are one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces. The following basic steps to hurricane preparation overview and checklist will help your hospital prepare before, during and after the storm.

The National Weather Service rates hurricanes by their intensity, using a scale of one to five. The scale categorizes storms according to their sustained winds, the storm surges produced, and expected damage. Organizations located within areas of risk should have a hurricane preparedness plan. It is a critical to develop a plan of action for your hospital and your staff to be ready for this type of interruption.

Download this resource to learn the Ten Steps to Preparedness for your health care facility. Make this checklist of what to do before, during and after a hurricane part of your facilities policies and safety training.

If you would like more information about disaster preparedness for your hospital, contact Agility Recovery Solutions.