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VISN 12 - Hines VA
Hospital
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Disaster Preparation Information
Weather Alert
Information
Disaster Preparation
Information
The Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital encourages all patients,
visitors, and staff to keep current with weather conditions and
emergency information issued by local city and county government
officials. In the event of an emergency situation when you are in
the hospital, you will hear bell signals or voice messages
indicating the nature of the emergency.
- Seven bells indicate a tornado warning.
- If you hear nine bells, hospital staff are
being alerted to respond to some type of emergency.
- Five bells indicate an all-clear following any
situation.
If there is a disaster, information regarding the status of Hines
VA Hospital will be available on this website.
Hines cares about the health and welfare of all our patients,
visitors and employees. We encourage everyone to follow emergency
preparedness guidelines found at the links below and stay informed
in the event of any emergency. If there is a local or medical
emergency, remember to dial 911 as soons as possible.
| * Links will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs Web site. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked web sites. The link will open in a new window. |
| ** Links will take you to another government agency outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs Web site (VA). The link will open in a new window. |
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Reviewed/Updated Date:
May 14, 2008
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