Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Purpose: To describe the means, organization, and process by which the Public Health agency in a
jurisdiction will coordinate its role in an emergency response for this particular type of incident.
Type of Incident:
(Brief description of the type of incident. This job aid can be used to draw out the
necessary Public Health response for all types of incidents, based on the categories already mentioned.)
Staff Needed (with contact information and particular areas of expertise):
(For each type of incident, list
the Public Health staff in your agency that will be critical to the emergency response. Some staff will be
needed no matter what the type of incident is, but they should still be listed here. Also list key people
outside your agency that will be important contacts, such as the Emergency Operations coordinator;
Police and Fire Chiefs; local, state, and Federal Government contacts; and key contacts from nearby
jurisdictions.)
Responsibilities for the staff listed above, based on the type of incident.
Supplies Needed:
(For each type of incident, list key supplies that either the Public Health response will
need to provide, or that will need to be procured from either volunteer organizations (blood from the Red
Cross), outside jurisdictions (vehicles, blankets, food, etc.), or the Federal Government (Strategic National
Stockpile (SNS)).
Emergency Operations Center Liaison:
(Name and contact information for someone in your agency will
be within the EOC to help coordinate Public Health efforts related to the overall effort. Liaison may
change based on the type of incident that occurred and the type of expertise necessary-for example, upon
the discovery of a Avian Influenza case(s) in the United States, it would be wise to have an EOC liaison
with research knowledge in that area, and/or knowledge of pandemics, etc.)
Lessons Learned:
(Has your jurisdiction faced this kind of incident before? If so, what worked well, what
didn't? What supplies and resources were found to be useful and whose expertise is required-even if that
person is no longer in the area, the PHO may still need to call on him/her. Part of being prepared is
learning from the past and this is a section that can provide a brief synopsis of the response to previous
incidents-can be particularly useful in the case of train derailments, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.)
Purpose:
Type of Incident:
Staff Needed (with contact information and particular areas of expertise):
Volunteer organizations to call on?
Responsibilities for the staff listed above, based on the type of incident.
Supplies Needed:
Emergency Operations Center Liaison:
Lessons Learned:
Figure 6.1
Job aid 1: Public Health response by incident.
