Emergency Preparedness

�� Region 8 PHEPR

Region 8 Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response works with

public health partners in Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, and

Yakima Counties to prepare them to respond to public health emergencies.�

If our responders are not prepared, they cannot help the community, you,

�and your family.� (see attached brochure)

Focus

� Plans

� Best Practices

� Information Resources

� Partnerships

� Surge Capacity

What We Do

� Epidemiology

� Exercise Development and Evaluation

� Materials Development

� Training

� Database Development

� Plan Development and Review

� Community Presentations

� Information Resources Research and Development

� Partnership Development

� Surge Capacity

What We�ve Done

� Trainings

� Exercise Evaluation

� Plan Development Assistance

� Coalition Development

� Job Action Sheets

� 24/7 System Capacity Testing

� Database Development

� Multimedia Presentations

� Training Resource Library

� Emergency Preparedness Kits and Training

� Points of Dispensing (POD) Evaluations

� Provider Notebooks

Planning

Plans provide a structure for response.

Region 8 PHEPR has plans for a variety of public health situations and staff is available to provide information and guidance in plan development.�

Plans developed and maintained include:

Region 8 Emergency Response Plan

Region 8 Healthcare Systems Plan

Business Continuity Planning

Make plans for your business before something happens.

http://www.ready.gov/business/

http://flu.gov/

How to Volunteer

The Medical Reserve Corp of Eastern Washington registers, trains, and organizes people interested in offering assistance during a public health emergency or disaster.� No medical background is required, just a willingness to learn and help.�

http://www.community-minded.org/projects/medical_reserve.asp

Training

FEMA: Incident Command System, Emergency Preparedness Training

http://www.training.fema.gov

American Red Cross: Disaster response and first aid training

www.redcross.org

Community Emergency Response Teams: Disaster response and emergency preparedness training

http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

For additional training needs and opportunities, contact Angela Seydel at 460-4532, angelas@bfhd.wa.gov.

Exercises
Plans are regularly tested in different types of exercises with public health and other partners throughout the region.

Education Library

DVDs of a wide variety of public health emergency preparedness training and information materials are available at no cost.��