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We develop a model for a regional decision‐maker to analyze the requirement of medical equipment capacity in the early stages of a spread of infections. We use the model to propose and evaluate ways to manage limited equipment capacity. Early‐stage infection growth is captured by a stochastic differential equation (SDE) and is part of a two‐period community spread and shutdown model. We use the running‐maximum...