The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) partnered with Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) to...
Dec 14, 2018
NACCHO is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Emergency Preparedness and Response...
Oct 26, 2018
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and...
Sep 28, 2018
Refer to the following information for updates on Hurricane Florence and corresponding resources. Florence has been upgraded to a...
Sep 18, 2018
Local Health Departments’ Role in Wildfire Response Local health departments are life-saving first responders to natural disasters...
Jun 27, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
Building a culture of preparedness alongside faith-based and community organizations is key to improving outcomes for disaster...
Jun 19, 2018
Medical countermeasures (MCM) coordinators who are new to their role have a particularly steep learning curve to become familiar with...
Jun 13, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
State and local health departments have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of the populations they serve following a...
Jun 05, 2018
Radiation topics make headlines in the national media on a regular basis, yet radiation is not always a topic that is prioritized in...
May 29, 2018
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) partnered with Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) to identify, understand and address the gaps in public health, healthcare, and radiation control regarding outreach, training, and programmatic activities. During the 2017-2018 project year, NACCHO and RITN convened a subset of key stakeholders from these industries to...
NACCHO is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Emergency Preparedness and Response Workgroup. Having access to clean and safe water during and after emergencies is vital for all communities. When events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, chemical spills, and other water-related emergencies occur, there is a high risk of clean and safe water...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have continually worked together to increase the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to prepare for radiation emergencies and to increase LHD awareness and access to tools, strategies, and other resources related to local […]
Refer to the following information for updates on Hurricane Florence and corresponding resources. Florence has been upgraded to a Category 4 Hurricane Tropical Depression Florence – center is over central Ohio Valley moving a little faster as it moves northeast. Wind speed 25 mph. Flash flood warnings are in effect for many counties. Rain is […]
Local Health Departments’ Role in Wildfire Response Local health departments are life-saving first responders to natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods and earthquakes, as well as to other public health emergencies such as disease outbreaks, major accidents and terrorist attacks. The nearly 3,000 local health departments across our nation stand ready to help protect...
Building a culture of preparedness alongside faith-based and community organizations is key to improving outcomes for disaster survivors and strengthening the resilience of our communities. A new guide, Engaging Faith-based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers, from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),...
Medical countermeasures (MCM) coordinators who are new to their role have a particularly steep learning curve to become familiar with their jurisdictional plans, federal preparedness guidance and requirements, organizations that can support MCM operations, and MCM product information. There are a myriad of MCM guidance documents, resources, trainings, and tools and one of the greatest […]
State and local health departments have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of the populations they serve following a radiological event. In addition, jurisdictions may be asked to monitor, decontaminate, and shelter displaced populations that evacuate to their region from impacted areas in the event of a large-scale radiological event. While there are […]
Radiation topics make headlines in the national media on a regular basis, yet radiation is not always a topic that is prioritized in public health preparedness efforts. In the 2016 Preparedness Profile Assessment, 30 percent of local public health preparedness coordinators indicated accidental nuclear/radiation releases were among the top three threats they were least prepared […]
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