The Colorado Medical Cache - Western Slope is a regional medical surge capacity cache that pre-positions personal protective equipment and durable medical supplies to be utilized by area healthcare systems involved in emergency medical care in the event of surge. It is managed by the Mesa County Health Department and serves 21 counties in Western Colorado. The Cache is a secure, temperature and environmentally controlled warehouse appropriate for storage of patient care supplies and healthcare worker personal protective equipment that can be accessed by authorized personnel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Cache is one part of an emergency supply system developed in Western Colorado to ensure that required medical supplies are available and accessible in a timely manner in the event of large scale medical crisis.