ESF-8 - definition
ESF-8 - means "Emergency Support Function-8" as defined in the current National Response Framework. ESF-8 is the "health and medical" functional area. Evacuation - means the process of moving patients, staff, records, supplies and/or materials either from the Affected Hospital, or from a portion of an Affected Hospital, due to an Event that threatens life or the ability of the Affected Hospital to function safely as a health care delivery organization. Event - would be considered any disaster, catastrophe, mass casualty incident, public health emergency or similar disruptive event that results in a facility state of emergency as determined by a hospital’s Incident Commander; or is formally declared by a unit of local governmental, the Commonwealth, or the federal government.