Public Health Emergency Planning

Contents

• General Reference
• Legal Reference
• Agencies and Organizations
• MRSC Related Pages
  • Emergency Management for Water and Wastewater Systems
  • Emergency Planning at the Local Level 
  • Emergency Preparedness Planning for Pandemic Influenza

General Reference

• Information for Local Health Agencies and Healthcare Providers - Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, Washington State Department of Health
• Model Emergency Response Communications Plan for Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Bioterrorist Events ( 1.03 MB), Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education (ASTDHPPHE), May 2000
• Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America's Communities - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, 2005 - Results of a roundtable to address problems in coordinated community planning for disasters, particularly as they affect small, rural and suburban communities which may have to support themselves for several days following significant natural or man-made emergencies
• Terrorism and other Public Health Emergencies: A Reference Guide for Media - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Writing a Disaster Plan: A Guide for Health Departments, University of California Center for Public Health and Disasters, July 2005 - Register and Download from UCLA site - The guide is intended to be used as a reference to aid in disaster plan composition and is based on an all-hazards approach.

Legal Reference

• Center for Public Health Law Partnerships - Housed at the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law and funded with support from the Public Health Law Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Center for Public Health Law Partnerships provides public health law education, training, and support to entities within national, state, and local public health systems, including judges, law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, public health lawyers, and public health officers
• Liberties vs Disease (  60 KB) by Denise Rios Rodriguez and Krista L. Callaghan, published in The National Law Journal, August 30, 2004, via Foley & Lardner LLP
• Model State Public Health Laws - The Center for Law and the Public's Health, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities - The Center seeks to transform and strengthen the legal framework for public health through a collaborative process to develop a model state public health law to better protect and promote the public's health. While Washington has not adopted the model act, sources for Washington's public health rules include existing state statutes and rules governing involuntary detention and due process, disease control and bioterrorism statutes from other states, and the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act
• Northwest Public Health, Fall/Winter 2005 - Issue Contains Articles on Preparedness Legal Information

Agencies 

• Federal
  • CDC Emergency  Preparedness and Response - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -
  • Federal Emergency Management  Agency (FEMA)
    • Government (Users)
    • Emergency Personnel (Users)
  • HHS Disasters and Emergencies - Health and Human Services
    • Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    • National Guidance Clearinghouse - Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
    • AHRQ Disaster Response Tools and Resources - Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
    • Development of Models for Emergency Preparedness:  Personal Protective Equipment, Decontamination, Isolation/Quarantine, and Laboratory Capacity - Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
• State
  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response - Washington State Department of Health
  • Washington State Emergency Management Division