The objective of ABCHD’s Public Health Preparedness Program is to ensure Public Health Preparedness and establish the capability to respond effectively to bioterrorism, other outbreaks of infectious disease, public health threats, and emergencies.
Responsibilities include the following:
Assessment and Planning
- Development of new and assessments of existing plans, procedures, staff, equipment, and resources.
- Establish community collaboration with local emergency response agencies to ensure local preparedness efforts are complete.
- Exercise Emergency Response Plans on a local, regional, and state level.
Communications and Information Technology - Maintain communications (telephone, fax, email and satellite) with healthcare providers, hospitals, law enforcement, emergency response personnel, and other health departments to ensure rapid dissemination of information.
Education and Training - Provide training to key health personnel who are tasked to respond to public health emergencies.
- Coordinate education and training with other health and emergency agencies.
- Provide training to community members who volunteer to work in Mass Dispensing/Vaccination Clinics.
- Organize and participate in emergency drills.
Risk Communication
- Ensure that health/risk information is readily available to the public during a terrorist event or natural disaster.
- Maintain relationships with various media outlets to ensure rapid dissemination of information.
Contact:
Brian Elswick
606-329-9444 ext.2236
BrianS.Elswick@ky.gov
http://fema.gov/index.shtm
http://www.nicsinfo.org
Volunteer Management Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) - Inform and recruit community volunteers who would be asked to work Mass Dispensing/Vaccination Clinics in response to a bioterrorism attack, pandemic, or a crisis within our community.
The MRC is a national organization that pre-identifies and trains health care and other community members for a disaster before there is a need. The mission is to provide additional manpower to increase the effectiveness of public health in the event of a crisis and improve the health and safety of our community be organizing and utilizing public health, medical and other volunteers.
The MRC includes medical, public health, emergency responders both practicing and retired and also non-medical community members with an interest in becoming trained to crisis in public health emergencies.
The Ashland-Boyd County Catlettsburg MRC through the health department offers free training on current health topics and opportunities to help your community during times of crisis due to both manmade and natural disasters.
Contact:
Kristy Bolen
606-329-9444 ext. 2232
KristyM.Bolen@ky.gov
www.medicalreservecorps.gov
Download ABCMRC Volunteer Application Here:
Surveillance and Epidemiology Epidemiology Department - ABCHD staff investigates reportable diseases.
- Utilize several surveillance programs to monitor and rapidly detect unusual disease activity within Boyd County.
- ABCHD maintains a trained Epidemiology Rapid Response Team (ERRT) of health professionals across several Public Health disciplines to respond during a disaster or emergency situation.
Contact:
Kristy Bolen
606-329-9444 ext. 2232
KristyM.Bolen@ky.gov
www.cdc.gov
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph
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