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42ND
FPC SEMINAR + EXPO
AND CHARITY GOLF
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Eric Cote

Powered for Patients

Biography :

Eric Cote is the Project Director of Powered for Patients (P4P), a 501(c)3 formed to address the lessons learned from the failure of emergency power systems in critical healthcare facilities during extended power outages. P4P has received multiple rounds of federal funding to advance its work identifying and mitigating emergency power vulnerabilities in hospitals and nursing homes. Cote recently served as the project manager for a multi-year emergency power resilience initiative launched by the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency. As part of the project, Cote conducted a census of the emergency power systems in 80 LA County hospitals and discovered a number of seriously outdated generators, including some in excess of 40, 50 and even 60 years of age. EMS Agency officials were alarmed by the findings and enlisted Cote’s help to develop a series of new protocols to accelerate emergency power threat reporting and response.

Presentation :

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Addressing the Risk Posed by Seriously Outdated Hospital Emergency Power Systems

Worried that your hospital’s aging emergency power supply system (EPSS) won’t perform as needed during the next power outage? Join Powered for Patients (P4P) Project Director Eric Cote and Robert Solomon, PE, the Chief Development Officer in the Boston office of SOCOTEC, for a presentation on the discovery of seriously outdated generators in Los Angeles County hospitals. Cote and Solomon will detail the steps taken by LA County officials to mitigate this vulnerability and review an Expert’s Panel discussion of the LA County findings convened in December 2025 by P4P and the California Society for Healthcare Engineering. This discussion produced valuable tips Cote and Solomon will share on finding hidden EPSS vulnerabilities, shoring up aging equipment and getting leadership support for overdue EPSS modernization. The speakers will also discuss best practices in testing and maintenance, the use of force multiplying technologies, such as fault detection and diagnostic equipment, and new approaches in EPSS design and installation.
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