Emergency manager says Larned State Hospital asked to use county alert system after hospital notifications failed
Summary
Pawnee County Emergency Manager Joel Davis told commissioners that Larned State Hospital's notification system has been down for months and hospital staff asked to use the county's civic alert system for escapee notifications; commissioners asked staff to check vendor capabilities and recommended a backup public-information officer.
Emergency Manager Joel Davis told the Board on April 27 that Brian Stahlecker, director of safety and emergency management at Larned State Hospital, asked whether the hospital could use the county’s civic alert system after the hospital’s notification platform failed. Davis said the hospital’s system "went down several months ago" and that Stahlecker had approached him about using the County system for escapee notifications.
Commissioners asked Davis to contact the alert-system vendor to confirm capabilities and directed him to report back. Commissioner Burdett said the county’s Public Information Officer needs a backup who can post alerts if the primary PIO is unavailable.
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