Boone County Hospital has implemented a new feature on their website that will benefit hospital employees and the community in the event of a community or statewide disaster. FastCommand is a centralized communication service that is web-based and accessible through your computer. FastCommand is available for use during disasters to provide timely, accurate emergency and disaster information to the staff of BCH, the Boone community and the state Iowa.
In the event of a disaster, a banner will be added to the top of the BCH website home page. The color of the banner depicts the severity of the disaster—red = warning, orange = watch, dark violet = advisory, and green = announcement.
A message will scroll across the banner stating what the disaster is and a link will be available to click on for additional information. Once the disaster is over, the banner will be taken off of the website. Even when the banner is no longer available, FastCommand can still be accessed by clicking on the icon on the right hand side of the home page.
A red banner was added to the BCH website during the recent Influenza A outbreak. Information about the flu, what you need to know, symptoms of the flu, precautions, and links to other helpful sites were just a few of the informational items available to access.
Additionally, a red banner was used during the recent telephone failure in the Boone community that affected the ability of the hospital to send and receive telephone calls. The banner was activated to advise the staff and community of the failure and what actions needed to be taken until the failure was resolved. |