Across
the nation, public health agencies are being included in all levels
of emergency preparedness and planning, including helping residents
make their own family disaster plan and emergency preparedness kits.
Often, dispensing information is more important than dispensing medicine. We
encourage you to make your own family or business plan,
and also help your kids learn
about how they can help.
What does this mean
to you?
Your own all-hazards emergency preparedness plan can also be
useful for things such as unexpected school closures, neighborhood
evacuations, weather closures and family emergencies.
We can provide assistance
to individuals, health care organizations and response agencies in dealing
with numerous infectious diseases, including detection, diagnosis, containment
and treatment. We have the ability to interview numerous people in order
to follow disease trends, assess risk of exposure, discover the common
source of illness, put effective prevention measures into place and dispense
stockpiles of medications in public clinics.
We also are part of
the CDC's nationwide Health Alert Network, a high-speed communication
system that enables us to dispense urgent information to a network of
hospitals, physicians, schools and emergency agencies.
For more information,
contact the Office of Emergency Preparedness
- 303-220-9200.
Fact Sheets:
• A - Z List of All Fact Sheets
• A - Z list of Agents and Diseases (CDC)
• A - Z List of Chemical Agents (CDC)
• Acronyms A - Z
• BioSecurity - Keeping Livestock Healthy
• Emergency Kit / Emergency Plan
• Emergency Preparedness Guide
• Emergencies - Animals and Pets
• Emergencies - Evacuation
• Emergencies - Fire
• Emergencies - Food and Water
• Emergencies - National Security
• Emergencies - Recovering
• Emergencies - Self-Care for the Media
• Emergencies - Shelter
• Emergencies - Supplies
• Emergencies - Winter
• Family Disaster Plan
• General Services Brochure
• Glossary of Terms
• Handling Traumatic Events at Work
• Handwashing Brochure
• Health Alert Network
• Helping Kids Cope with Trauma
• Home Emergency Preparedness Kit
• Public Health Updates
• Schools
- Colo Pandemic Readiness Plan
• Talking with Kids
About Disasters
Winter
Preparedness:
• Winter
Preparedness (CDC)
• Winter
Preparedness (Colo)
• Winter Supplies Checklist
• Emergency
Preparedness (CDC)
• If the Power Goes Out for a Long Time
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