A Hazard Vulnerability Analysis conducted annually by Hillcrest has determined that, due to the agency’s location, potential disasters most likely to have impact on safety, care and treatment provided by Hillcrest Educational Centers are “natural disasters” and primarily those secondary effects associated with winter weather, and particularly electrical power loss at the residential program sites, and/or the ability of staff to travel to/from the work site.

In particular for the New England region, winter storms seem to be increasingly becoming emergency events and the U.S. is increasingly dependent on electrical-powered equipment as our aging electrical power infrastructure and distribution systems become more stressed from daily over usage.