Following is an alphabetical list of major hospitals in the South Bay Area.  (However, clinics are listed in article 1.3.1, EOC and Other Locations.)  For each hospital you will see:

1. The name, e.g. "Alexian Brothers".
2. The three-letter abbreviation given some hospitals in the MCIP (Multiple Casualty Incident Plan), e.g. "ABH".
3. The two-letter abbreviation used on the map, e.g. "AB".
4. A nearby major intersection, e.g. "At McKee Rd and Jackson Ave."
5. Directions, using highways and major streets, e.g.  "South off McKee Rd between Highway 101 and Interstate 680."
6. Map coordinates on the Thomas Guide for Santa Clara County, by Thomas Bros. Maps; e.g. "55-E5".

Alexian Brothers [ABH, AB]  Thomas Guide 55-E5.  408-259-5000
225 N. Jackson Ave. at McKee Rd., San Jose.  South off McKee Rd between Highway 101 and Interstate 680.  Go in main entrance off Jackson Street.  Elevator is 6 feet to right, straight ahead.  Take elevator to basement area.  Turn right 10 feet, right again 15 feet.  Command post on left (communications center).  Enter thru door then left 8 feet to antenna drop.  KDK 2025 transceiver, battery and connected antenna in lower cabinet on right side marked with "ARES" sticker.

Children's Hospital at Stanford  Thomas Guide 43-E2. 415-497-8000
(Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford)
725 Welch Road, Palo Alto

From Palm Drive (westward continuation of University Avenue on the Campus), north one block on Arboretum, west one block on Quarry, north approx. one block on Welch, parking entrance on west side of street.  Take ticket at entrance gate, park on lower level.  Follow signs to main entrance; elevator from lower and upper parking levels to hospital first floor level.  Information Desk on right near main entrance is staffed 24 hours a day; ask for contact with Nursing Supervisor or In-House Engineer, or for directions to Boardroom.  Maps of the Hospital are available at the desk.
HAVE YOUR PARKING TICKET VALIDATED at the Information desk, or you will be charged.
Antenna drop:  None yet.  (Tentatively, will be in Boardroom, which is planned to be the Emergency Operations Center.)  Use handie talkie with second operator outside, on simplex.

El Camino [ECH, EC]  Thomas Guide 52-B4.
Emergency (650) 940-7055; routine (650) 940-7000 or (650) 968-8111
2500 Grant Rd at South Dr., Mountain View.  On Grant Rd between El Camino Real and Foothill Expressway.
Two meter antenna drop in room behind nurses' station in emergency area.

Good Samaritan [GSH, GS]  Thomas Guide 71-B1. 408- 559-2011
2425 Samaritan Dr., 1/4 mile east of Bascom Ave, at Kinghurst Dr., San Jose.  Samaritan Dr. is between Lark Ave. and Camden Ave. Equipment is in basement in the rear of the Nursing Administration Office.  Bring headphones with 1/4-inch phone plugs. Two-meter all-mode transceiver (FT 227RD) with antenna on roof.  (In mid 1991 this was either supplemented or replaced by an Alinco 110 2-meter transceiver.)

Kaiser Santa Clara [KSC, KC]  Thomas Guide 60-E2.  408-236-4400 emergency; routine 408-236-6400
900 Kiely Blvd at Kaiser Dr., Santa Clara.  On Kiely Blvd. between Homestead Rd. and Benton St.  There are 3 radio operating sites.

(1)  The HEOC (Hospital Emergency Operations Center) is located in Building K, one of the low buildings northwest of the main hospital building, on the south side of Kaiser Drive.  The HEOC is in Conference AA and AB.  The amateur radio cabinet is attached to the north wall of the room.  It has 2 meter, 220, and 440 Mhz voice and packet equipment.  The cabinet has built-in battery backup and can be removed to the parking lot if necessary.  Keys to the cabinet may be obtained from the EC, Hospital Security, or Hospital Facilities.

(2)  An additional ham radio is in Security office, basement level.  Park in lot off Kaiser Dr., go down the wide ramp leading underground, through double doors past Engineering office, to second door on left.  The 2-meter mobile radio with power supply is next to the hospital's radio.  There is emergency power.

(3)  A 2-meter antenna drop is at the Emergency Room Nurses' station, near the Teletype for the Deaf; BNC connector.

Kaiser Santa Teresa [---, KT]  Thomas Guide 72A-C3.  408-972-7777 emergency; routine 408-972-3000.
250 Hospital Parkway at International Circle, San Jose.  Off Cottle Rd. between Blossom Hill Rd. and Santa Teresa Blvd.  Enter through E.R. 8pm/7am; E.R. will direct you to assistant administration office at rear of hospital on lobby floor, where the antenna drop is located.  Antenna is 8.5 stories high; coax has PL259.  There is a Kenwood TR7950 radio with KLM 130 amplifier available.

Los Gatos Community [LGH, LG]  Thomas Guide 65-F6. 408-866-4040 emergency; routine 408-378-6131 (nursing supervisor).
815 Pollard Rd., 1/2 mile west of Winchester Blvd., at Knowles Dr.  (Pollard Rd. is between Lark Ave. and Camden Ave.)
Antenna drops are behind a metal plate next to the pay phone in the Emergency Room Lobby.  The plate is about one foot above the floor and requires a standard blade screw driver to remove.  Two-meter and 220 coax cables with PL259 connectors, with BNC adapters attached.  J-pole antennas.
 

O'Connor [---, OC]  Thomas Guide 61-C4.  947-2666 emergency; routine 408-947-2500.
2105 Forest Ave. at Di Salvo Ave., San Jose.  On Forest Ave. between Bascom Ave. and Highway 880 overpass.
Follow signs to Emergency Room and park.  Walk into the ambulance entrance at the sign "no walk-in traffic", not at the sign "emergency walk-in entrance".  ER desk is on your right in a few feet; explain your presence.  To get to the antenna drop, turn right at the ER desk, proceed nearly to the treatment room at the end of the short hall; turn right into the small utility room.  Antenna with PL259 on the right wall, but no coax or BNC.

Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Thomas Guide 44-A1  650-321-4121
300 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto
Main entrance faces parking lot off Waverly Street between Homer and Channing Avenues.  The main building after-hours door is locked after 18:00, although Janitor is on duty until midnight.  From 18:00 to 22:00 enter Urgent Care Center, 920 Bryant Street (south of Channing).

Antenna drop:  UHF male connector (note - unusual) on cable in far corner of elevator house (fourth floor) to left of roof exit doors.  No connection to downstairs yet.  Two operators needed, one on roof in elevator house with simplex link to second operator downstairs.

Clinic has no beds; in emergency will likely serve as Triage Center gathering victims for other hospitals.

San Jose Medical Center [SJH, SJ]  Thomas Guide 62-B2. 408-977-4444 Emergency room; routine 408-998-3212.
675 East Santa Clara St. at North 14th St., San Jose.
(Previously, San Jose Hospital.)

From end of cul-de-sac of North 15th Street, enter lobby of Redwood Building.  (Redwood Building is actually on East St. John Street.)  Turn right, go 20 feet on ground floor to elevator number two (or adjacent stairs); go up one floor to first floor.  Turn left, go 25 feet straight to the corner.  Find access door in the hallway ceiling marked by "ARES" sticker.  Stand on ladder or chair, open the access door and pull out RG8 cable as needed.  It has PL259 and BNC connectors.  No other equipment.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
(See Valley Medical Center)

Santa Teresa Community [STH, KT]  Thomas Guide 72A-C3. 408-972-7777 emergency; routine 408-972-7000.
See directions for Kaiser Santa Teresa; they are neighbors.  We have no information about radios.

Stanford University Hospital [SUH, ST]  Thomas Guide 43-E2. 650-723-5111 Emergency; 650-723-6576
Emerg. Dept. Clinical Director. 300 Pasteur Dr., Stanford Campus, Palo Alto.
Preferred approach on Quarry Road from Stanford Shopping Center parking lot, or on Campus Drive West from Campus.  Follow signs to Emergency Dept. entrance.  Parking is tight--ask the Security Officer in the Emergency Room Parking Lot for advice.

The Emergency Dept. entrance is on the south (campus) side of the Hospital near the east end.  Tell the receptionist that you need to get to the Prompt Care Waiting Room to activate radio equipment there.  Show Emergency Responder ID.  When granted access, go through the automatic door, turn left and go to the rear of the Emergency Dept.  Check to make sure the room is not in use (usually not a problem in a real emergency).
Report your availability to the Head Nurse.
Note:  The red outlets have emergency power.

Valley Medical Center  [VMC, VM]  Thomas Guide 61-C5. Emergency 408-299-5311; Routine 408-299-5100.
751 South Bascom Ave. between Moorpark Ave. and Fruitdale Ave., San Jose.  Enter main lobby (off Bascom); if necessary, enter thru E.R. and go down hallway to main lobby.

Main post:  Go left (east) 30 feet to room 1201, "Nursing Staffing Station".  This is the main hospital command post.  On left (west) wall is "ARES" sticker marking the antenna drop; it has two RG8 cables with PL259 and BNC connectors, but no radio or power supply.  One cable is a 2 meter J-pole; the other is a broadband discone antenna intended for the hospital's scanner, but it is suitable for 144 through 1200 MHz transceive.

Note:  both these feed lines go first to Room 1207, where they can be coupled to lines that go to the antennas.  Then again, they could be disconnected, in order to use radios in Room 1207.  Test a line for reception before transmitting into it; to protect your radio, do not transmit if you cannot hear well.

Secondary post:  To the secondary command post go 50 feet farther to room 1207, on the right side.  Enter and turn left; antenna drop is behind a closet door marked with "ARES" sticker; it has RG8 cable and PL259 connector, but no radio or power supply.  One cable is a 2 meter J-pole; the other is a broadband discone antenna intended for the hospital's scanner, but it is suitable for 144 through 1200 MHz transceive.  (The secondary command post is to be established when the on-call administrator arrives.)

Note:  Cables tagged #1 go to the antennas; connect radios to these cables to use them in this room.

Cables tagged #2 go to room 1201 (the Main command post).  Couple Yellow Tag #1 to Yellow #2 (144 MHz J-pole), and couple White Tag #1 to White #2 (discone antenna), to make these antennas useable from room 1201.

Mission Oaks [---, VW]  Thomas Guide 71-B2.  408-356-4111
15891 Los Gatos Almaden Rd, Los Gatos.  Los Gatos Almaden Blvd. is off Los Gatos Blvd. between Lark Ave. and Blossom Hill Rd.  Hospital is about 3/4 mile east of Los Gatos Blvd.

Antenna drops are in the office of the Director of Marketing, on the second floor.  Two antenna coax cables are above removable ceiling tiles, roughly on a center line about 2/3 the length of the room from the window.  Thicker coax is for 220; other is for 2M.  Both have PL259 connectors with BNC male adapters attached.  J-pole antennas on roof near satellite dish.  Maintenance can give access.

Note:  Mission Oaks was previously named Valley West General.  You may find it with either name on maps.  In particular the map with this article has it keyed VW - Valley West, as of Rev. B.
 

South Valley Hospital [not on map]  Thomas Guide 82-F4.  408-848-2000
9400 No Name Uno, Gilroy.  Go south on Highway 101 to the Masten Avenue exit, and turn left.  Go east on Masten over the overpass to the frontage road, No Name Uno, and turn right.  (The Thomas Guide does not show the street name, "No Name Uno".  Possibly the name is also missing from other maps.)  Go south on No Name Uno about 1.5 miles to the hospital, on the left.
No radios or antenna drops.

Saint Louise Hospital  [not on map]  Th. Gd. 79-E2.  408-779-1500.
18500 Saint Louise Drive, Morgan Hill.  Go south on Highway 101 to the Cochrane Road exit, and turn left.  Go east on Cochrane Road (over the highway) about 1/4 mile to Saint Louise Drive, and turn right (south).
No radios or antenna drops.

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto [---, VA]  Thomas Guide 44-B6 and 44-C6    650-493-5000
3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto
North off Foothill Expressway, between Page Mill Rd. and Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto.
Miranda Ave. is the frontage road on the east side of Foothill Expressway.  Enter from Arastradero Rd or Hillview Ave.  Main entrance at VETERANS MEDICAL CENTER sign.  For a limited or short duration emergency, turn in at main entrance and turn right at first intersection, go about 100 feet to MAIN ENTRANCE sign at parking lot entrance, park anywhere legal that you can, go to Main Entrance of Building 1 and contact the Nurse in Charge.  Use handie-talkie with its own antenna, stepping outside if necessary to make radio contact.  (The outlet in Head Nurse's Office is disconnected.)

For a more severe emergency, a radio station has been set up in the Blind Rehab. Center, Building 48.  Enter Main Entrance, turn left at first intersection and follow the perimeter road around to Parking Lot D.  Park halfway along the lot and cross the road to Building 48 entrance.  Go to Information, Room 135 and ask for Liz Borra or Matt Vurek (x4387) or the Head Nurse, to gain access to the radio station (on 2nd floor in the Crafts shop, Room 201).

A 2-meter antenna and base station are installed; the antenna feed line is RG-8/U cable with UHF male (PL-259) connector.  Have a second operator at Building 1 Main Entrance to link with the Nurse in Charge, or obtain a Security radio from Maintenance Dept. (Building 41 at rear of the grounds) for contact with the Security Net.

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Menlo Park  Thomas Guide 38-A4
795 Willow Road, Menlo Park
Main entrance on north side of Willow Road approx 1/4 mile west of Bayshore Freeway; on the south side of Willow the street is Durham St.  Go straight north about 200 yards to Core Building 334.
No antenna drop yet.  One is planned in Building 334, in Room C-100, near the main switchboard.
Other staff: VA Police Station  x2699, 2394;
  Boiler Plant Operator  x2251.

Last edited on: August 28, 1999