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119, 65‐126, 65‐127, 65‐128, 65‐159, 65‐202, etc.), under the County Board of Healthand in coordination with the Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE).3. Johnson County Med‐Act is responsible for the overall coordination of medicalemergencies in the county. Med‐Act is the county’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS)agency and provider of Advanced Life Support (ALS). The Johnson County EmergencyCommunications Center (ECC) is responsible for dispatching medical resourcesthroughout the county.4. There are 5 acute care hospitals in Johnson County, one of which is a regional traumacenter. All of the hospitals in Johnson County maintain Emergency Operations Plans, aswell as supporting policies and procedures for response to all‐hazards potentiallyaffecting their facilities. These plans detail establishment of the Hospital IncidentCommand System (HICS) and a Hospital Command Center (HCC). Procedures andpolicies are maintained as appropriate for specific activities, such as decontaminationand self‐sustainment in compliance with the Joint Commission (TJC) standards.5. The Johnson County Mental Health Center is responsible for coordinating the provisionof mental health services within the county. The center belongs to a state‐widenetwork of credentialed mental health providers. Additionally, the Mental HealthCenter is part of the Regional Homeland Security Mental Health Response System led bythe Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Red Cross. These resources, alongwith other local affiliated agencies, would be utilized to respond to a communitydisaster. The Mental Health Center has capacity to provide assistance for a surge in ourexisting emergency services: crisis call hotline 24/7, mental health crisis walk‐insduring business hours (with expanded hours as needed), and on‐site in‐patienthospitalization assessments 24/7, and crisis counseling. The Mental Health Center doesnot have any capacity for inpatient care. The county area has a low threshold forpsychiatric in‐patient care, with only SMMC providing that service. These needs wouldneed to involve hospitals outside of Johnson County, including but not limited to thestate hospital Rainbow Mental Health Facility, Osawatomie State Hospital, KU, TwoRivers, Research Psychiatric Center, and Cushing.6. The County Coroner is responsible for the overall coordination of activities related to amass fatality incident. The Coroner, who also functions as medical examiner, has an oncallstaff of deputy coroners and forensic pathologists. The county does not have amorgue, but utilizes a private morgue facility in Wyandotte County, the morgue facilitesat the Kansas University Medical Center and occasionally those of Jackson County,Missouri.7. There are a number of regional coordination plans developed and maintained by thevarious committees of the Mid‐America Regional Council (MARC).a. The MARC Emergency Rescue (MARCER) Committee Mass Casualty Incident(MCI) Plan describes the regional coordination of EMS resources during a MCIincident. The plan also provides listing of available resources and personnel,ESF‐8 Public Health and Medical Services Page 3