Main Line Health becomes region’s only health system recognized as StormReady® by National Weather Service
Bryn Mawr, PA — Main Line Health has become Southeastern Pennsylvania’s only health system to receive the National Weather Service’s StormReady® designation—a program designed to save lives and increase resilience to hurricanes, winter storms and other weather-related hazards.
The StormReady program is designed to encourage communities, including health systems and other organizations, to be prepared for weather-related disasters. An average of 500 are killed and nearly $15 billion in damage is caused by extreme weather events, numbers that the program seeks to improve.
Main Line Health, which serves Philadelphia and its western suburbs, is one of only seven commercial entities across Pennsylvania with the designation and one of four hospital/health systems. Main Line Health includes four acute care hospitals—Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital and Riddle Hospital—and a team of nearly 13,000 employees and more than 2,000 physicians caring for patients.
“Although this winter has provided a welcome break from extreme weather conditions, we know how prone our region is to massive storms and flooding that cause death and property damage,” said Armand Alessi, Director of Emergency Management. “We play a critical role when weather-related disasters arise. I am pleased with the detailed plans we have in place to be ready when conditions require it.”
To become a StormReady site, the Main Line Health Public Safety Emergency Management Team coordinated with a local NWS office on a plan that entails maintaining a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center; implementing multiple ways to receive NWS warnings to alert the staff; using a system to monitor local weather conditions; promoting the importance of public readiness through community events, and addressing hazardous weather and flooding in its formal emergency management blueprint.
The designation is valid for four years and can be renewed.
About Main Line Health
Founded in 1985, Main Line Health® is a not-for-profit health system serving the Philadelphia region and beyond. Main Line Health consists of five hospitals, six health centers and over 150 medical practice locations. The System has more than 14,000 employees and over 2,100 employed and independent physicians and advanced practice providers.
At its core are four of the region's most respected acute care hospitals — Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital and Riddle Hospital — as well as one of the nation's premier facilities for rehabilitative medicine, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. Main Line Health also includes Mirmont Treatment Center for drug and alcohol recovery; Main Line Health HomeCare & Hospice, providing skilled home healthcare, hospice and home infusion services; Main Line Health Centers, primary and specialty care, lab and radiology and other outpatient services located in Broomall, Collegeville, Concordville, Exton, King of Prussia and Newtown Square; and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, a biomedical research organization.
Main Line Health's medical staff benefits from a collaborative relationship including independent physicians, community healthcare professionals and hospital-based experts from Main Line HealthCare, the employed multi-specialty physician network of Main Line Health.
Main Line Health collaborates with top experts to deliver exceptional specialty care. Through our affiliation with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, doctors and advanced practice providers care for pediatric patients at select Main Line Health locations, including the neonatal intensive care units at Main Line Health's four acute care hospitals, as well as Bryn Mawr Hospital's Inpatient Pediatric Unit and Emergency Department. Jefferson Health neurosurgeons and neurointerventionalists provide 24/7 specialized care, including neurointervention and lifesaving stroke care, and trauma surgeons provide critical care to our patients. Through our affiliation with Sheppard Pratt — a nonprofit provider of mental health services, substance use, developmental disability and other comprehensive behavioral health support — patients receive compassionate care in a welcoming environment.
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