Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program
We help keep residents safe and protect vulnerable populations before, during, and after public health emergencies. Public health emergencies may be natural or manmade incidents that threaten or create risk to the health of the public.
Examples of emergencies we prepare for:
- Localized and pandemic infectious disease outbreaks
- Severe weather incidents
- Biological terrorist threats and emergencies
- Mass casualty and fatality incidents
More information about different types of public health emergencies.
Examples of how we respond to public health emergencies:
- Manage and coordinate the emergency response framework
- Develop and maintain public health emergency plans and procedures
- Ensure that facilities, supplies, and equipment are ready
- Provide emergency preventive infectious disease medicine
- Provide basic human services needs to impacted populations