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Advanced Practice Centers, Georgia


The DeKalb County APC At-A-Glance:
  • Specialized in developing effective tabletop exercises
  • An APC 2003–2008
 
Featured APC Resource
master the disaster
Master the Disaster!

Master the Disaster! is an interactive, customizable, emergency preparedness tabletop exercise builder designed specifically for public health agencies. This easy-to-use product features seven public health emergency scenarios, step-by-step instructions for planning, designing, conducting and evaluating a tabletop exercise, plus a host of resources, including scripts for each scenario and an extensive photo library and question bank for creating interesting and realistic exercises. With an automated Disaster Designer Wizard, creating your next tabletop exercise will be fast, fun, and FREE!

 
DeKalb County APC Products Included:

Building partnerships and collaborating with traditional first responders:

Master the Disaster: An interactive tabletop exercise builder that contain scenarios to address current national concerns and help agencies enhance local preparedness. 

Workforce development and training:

Student Outreach Response Team (SORT) Program: Integrates graduate students into local public health practice, providing students with practical experience and DeKalb County with increased surge capacity in case of an emergency.

Local Heroes: A social marketing campaign designed to enhance internal preparedness by highlighting the everyday acts of heroism performed by all public health workers.

Conducting a BT-Tabletop: A How To Guide: Provides state and local public health entities with information and guidance on the key ingredients to consider when developing and facilitating a tabletop exercise.