The Ohio Department of Health’s preparedness coordination for the ten (10) counties in the South Central Ohio region is comprised of two regional roles/functions: public health and hospitals.  These two coordinator functions collaborate with other partners, such as:

• Health departments
• Hospitals
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Emergency Management Agencies (EMA)
• Law enforcement
• Etc.

...to refine, augment and enhance local and regional capabilities to address and manage health consequences of bioterrorism, terrorism, unintentional, or naturally occurring events.

Websites/Links

Current Disease Outbreaks

• Outbreaks:Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - www.cdc.gov

Preparedness Activities for Kids

• Welcome to Ready Kids: Federal Emergency Management Acency (FEMA) - www.ready.gov/kids

Functional & Medical Special Needs

• Emergency Preparedness for Children with Special Health Care Needs: American Association of Pediatrics - www.aap.org/advocacy/emergprep.htm

• Emergency Preparedness for Children with Special Needs: Center for Children with Special Needs - www.cshcn.org/planning-record-keeping/emergency-preparedness-children-special-needs

• Emergency Preparedness Tips for Those with Functional Needs - www.ready.illinois.gov/pdf/preparednesstips_functionalneeds.pdf

• Special Needs, Special Preparation: FEMA - www.fema.gov/news-release/special-needs-special-preparation-0

Personal/Family Preparedness

• Plan & Prepare: American Red Cross - www.redcross.org/prepare

• Prepare Your Home & Family: American Red Cross - www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family

• Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness: FEMA - www.ready.gov/are-you-ready-guide

• Emergency Preparedness and You: CDC - http://emergency.cdc.gov/preparedness

• Office of Preparedness: Ohio Department of Health (ODH) - www.odh.ohio.gov/en/healthpreparedness/emergencypreparedness.aspzx

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