The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian and is ready to assist...
Aug 28, 2019 | Katie Dwyer
National Preparedness Month provides local health department (LHD) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Unit leaders, staff, and volunteers...
Aug 27, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Laboratory Response Network (LRN). The...
Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Safety Alerts for Education Foundation (S.A.F.E.) Donates Emergency Alerts Platform to Schools, Colleges and Universities Across the...
Apr 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On Wednesday, over 80 local, state, and territorial health officials from across the country met with members of congress on Capitol...
Mar 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On November 13, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) which...
Nov 13, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
Local Health Departments’ Role in Wildfire Response Local health departments are life-saving first responders to natural disasters...
Jun 27, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
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) is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian and is ready to assist and support local health departments with response and recovery efforts. This page will be updated continually. Please reach out to NACCHO’s Preparedness team for additional updates or assistance. Local health departments are life-saving first responders to...
National Preparedness Month provides local health department (LHD) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Unit leaders, staff, and volunteers with an opportunity to foster greater community understanding and support for the critical role of local public health in supporting emergency preparedness. By hosting preparedness-themed education and outreach activities throughout September, LHDs and MRC Units...
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Laboratory Response Network (LRN). The Laboratory Response Network for Biological Threats (LRN-B) was created to strengthen the nation’s ability to detect biological threat agents, like smallpox and anthrax. Its structure and unique capabilities enable it to respond not only to biothreats, but also emerging...
Safety Alerts for Education Foundation (S.A.F.E.) Donates Emergency Alerts Platform to Schools, Colleges and Universities Across the US for Enhanced Protection in the Event of a Life-Threatening Emergency Hyper-local Mobile Alerts Can Save Lives in An Emergency Such As, A Mass Shooting, Where A Few Seconds Can Be The Difference Between Life and Death April 19, […]
On Wednesday, over 80 local, state, and territorial health officials from across the country met with members of congress on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to prioritize public health funding. NACCHO board members and staff, the Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representatives from the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH), and members of the Association of State and...
On November 13, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) which finds an increase in cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in August and September 2018. Symptoms of AFM include sudden weakness of the arms or legs and the median patient age is four years. […]
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...
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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