FACT: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center would still be standing
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton is built to withstand an 8.3 earthquake, so it would survive the ShakeOut scenario.
The hospital has a well onsite and a 750,000-gallon water holding tank. It also has eight backup generators (it only takes one to power all of the hospital's emergency plugs).
"It was really designed well in anticipation that something like this could happen," said AMRC's disaster coordinator Scott Smith.
Mass casualty tents would be set up outside the hospital to treat more patients and officials are looking into setting up a triage somewhere in the city, possibly at a community center.
That would allow medical personnel to evaluate injuries and determine who would be sent to the hospital.
The hospital has a well onsite and a 750,000-gallon water holding tank. It also has eight backup generators (it only takes one to power all of the hospital's emergency plugs).
"It was really designed well in anticipation that something like this could happen," said AMRC's disaster coordinator Scott Smith.
Mass casualty tents would be set up outside the hospital to treat more patients and officials are looking into setting up a triage somewhere in the city, possibly at a community center.
That would allow medical personnel to evaluate injuries and determine who would be sent to the hospital.
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