- There are many reasons to prepare your health for an emergency. They start with your family and friends and extend to your neighbors and community at large. However most families do not have supplies set aside or plans in place to protect themselves or their health and safety in the event of a pandemic.
- Talk with family members and loved ones about how they would be cared for if they got sick, or what will be needed to care for them in your home.
Preparing for infectious diseases
In response, we need to employ evolutionary thinking to manage infectious disease. There are many reasons to prepare yourself for an emergency. They start with your family and friends and extend to your neighbors and community at large.
Disease PREPAREDNESS
- Infectious disease emergencies are circumstances caused by biological agents, including organisms such as bacteria, viruses or toxins with the potential for significant illness or death in the population. Infectious disease emergencies may include naturally occurring outbreaks, emerging infectious diseases, and bioterrorism.
Emergency Preparedness Explorer Program—Disease Readiness
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Emergency Preparedness TSCP Planner
Hurricane
Being prepared
Be prepared for disasters and other emergencies with a well-stocked emergency kit for your home, workplace and automobile. Prepare to survive on your own for several days.
Earthquake
Resource center
A resource center that promotes innovation in disaster preparedness and supports learning and knowledge sharing amongst disaster preparedness practitioners worldwide.
Wildfire
After an emergency
Although no one wants to think they’ll face an emergency, chances are you or someone
you know will find themselves in an urgent situation.
Infectious
Know the plan
The ultimate goal is to help you and you family come up with a customized emergency plan
that helps you prepare before and after an event.
Collaborative Cloud Communication
Communities must build multi-business collaborative relationships and ensure that at-risk and homeless service providers are adequately resourced. Recent emergencies and disasters demonstrate that at-risk or people experiencing homelessness are often the first and most severely affected group during public health emergencies and disasters.