The City of Fillmore Fire Department in conjunction with the Fillmore Convalescent Center is proud to announce the completion of “START Triage” training with 100% of the staff members at the facility.

In an effort to increase cohesiveness between Fillmore Convalescent Center and the City of Fillmore Fire Department, both agencies partnered together to create and implement an emergency medical triage program. The purpose of this program is to address the potential influx of patients following a natural disaster. Facility personnel were trained on the “Simple Triage and Rapid Transport” medical triage system, commonly used by fire and EMS agencies throughout the State of California.

In the event of a natural disaster, facility employees are trained and prepared to triage any number of potential patients they may find in the 99-bed facility and care for them in order of severity. When fire and EMS personnel arrive on scene to assist with the care and transport of the patients, the transition of care between the two agencies will be seamless. Instruction on the START triage program was provided by Captain Patrick Maynard & Paramedic Steven Karnazes, who have been detailed to disaster planning and response.
Fillmore Convalescent Center is believed to be one of the first convalescent centers in Ventura County if not the State of California to be trained on START Triage system.