Greg Boswell
Program Manager
Emergency Management Services (EMS) gboswell@ochca.com 1-(714)-834-2791
Erik Lowman
Program Manager
Healthcare Preparedness/Grant Management elowman@ochca.com 1-(714)-834-6281
John Van Sky, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Healthcare Training/Response Emergency jvansky@ochca.com
1-(714)-834-6587
Business Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
M - F
The Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) is a
federally-funded initiative that enhances
the ability of Orange County hospitals and
health care systems to prepare for and
respond to public health emergencies,
whether naturally occurring or man-made.
Under HPP, the State allocates funds to
counties along with guidance to reach
certain critical benchmark requirements:
regional surge capacity, equipment, patient
tracking, interoperable communications,
training and exercises. Current priority
areas include communication systems, bed
tracking, casualty management planning, and
hospital evacuations.
The HPP offers Orange County hospital,
ambulance and community clinic staff various
emergency response trainings, such as:
These trainings ensure standardization of
equipment and competency-based instruction
for health care personnel responding to a
terrorist incident or other public health
emergency. These trainings are for medical
and allied health care personnel ONLY, not
the general public.
