The Emergency Preparedness and Response program champions our Health Department’s readiness and efforts to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a variety of public health threats, such as infectious diseases, natural disasters, biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events. The work of our Emergency Preparedness and Response team includes:
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Developing and maintaining public health emergency response plans and procedures including Community Disease Containment plans, Continuity of Operations Plan, Medical Countermeasures Distribution and Dispensing, and Public Health Emergency and Response plan.
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Preparing and conducting a variety of training and exercise scenarios to help our department and community respond to and recover from public health threats.
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Obtaining and maintaining mitigation, response and recovery equipment needed for emergencies.
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Facilitating and coordinating Public Health Department responses for public health emergencies and incidents with community members and stakeholders.
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Completing after action reporting to identify areas for improvements while maintaining the identified strengths.
Our department’s Emergency Preparedness and Response program is part of and funded by the national Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program and Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI).
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