| Name of Health Department/Agency: |
Public Health Muskegon County |
| State: |
MI |
| Date Added: |
05/15/2009 |
| Themes: |
State and Local Coordination |
| Issue Summary: |
ICS - Need for Unified Command with Hospitals |
| Description of Issue(s): |
Public Health Muskegon County established an Incident Command Structure to help coordinate our resources with our 23 PODs, at the beginning of the H1N1 outbreak. |
| Actions taken to address the issue(s): |
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| Outcomes that resulted from actions taken: |
While this experience has proved extremely useful, it has been recognized that a unified command with the local hospitals will be necessary if this event goes to pandemic phase 6. |
