Emergency Planning and Response - Mississippi State Department of Health

Emergency Planning and Response

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The MSDH Office of Emergency Planning and Response safeguards the health of individuals, ensures the delivery of essential health and medical services, and prepares health professionals for all types of emergencies and natural disasters.

Personal Preparedness

Personal Preparedness: What Can I Do? Complete guide to preparing yourself and your family for a range of emergencies

Preparedness Plans

Facilities Preparedness

Professional Preparedness

Mississippi Responder Management System (MRMS) A secure registration system and database for health professional volunteers willing to respond to public health emergencies
Tornado Cleanup and Response Recommendations for first responders and relief workers after tornadoes
More topics for professionals

Resources

Preparing Mississippi

Overview of MSDH Response Efforts PDF
Recent activities and response efforts

MSDH's Office of Emergency Planning and Response has worked to significantly improve Mississippi's emergency response capability. In place now are:

A Biosafety Level 3 laboratory with advanced pathogen detection equipment
17 Weapons of Mass Destruction Centers of Excellence in hospitals across the state
The satellite-based Health Alert Network, connecting 13,000 Mississippi physicians and facilities
A distribution system for emergency medication from the Strategic National Stockpile
State and regional bioterrorism response plans and coordinators
Nurses trained in bioterrorism issues and diseases in locations statewide.
24/7 information hotline (1-866-HLTHY4U)

MSDH's Office of Emergency Planning and Response is a National Weather Service Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, committed to improving the nation's readiness against extreme weather, water and climate events.

Find this page at http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/index.cfm

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Links referenced on this page
Personal Preparedness: What Can I Do?		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,218,html ok
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) distribution plan		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,154,html ok
Pandemic Influenza response plan		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,154,html ok
Emergency Operations Plans		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,569,html ok
Resources for Health Professionals		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,154,html ok
Mississippi Responder Management System (MRMS)		http://signupms.org/
Tornado Cleanup and Response		http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emres/tornado.html
More topics for professionals		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,154,html ok
Mississippi Health Alert Network (MS-HAN)		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/23,0,386,html ok
Mississippi emergency agencies		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,77,html ok
Emergency preparedness information from the CDC		https://emergency.cdc.gov/
State Healthcare Coalition contacts		http://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/6993.pdf
Overview of MSDH Response Efforts		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/47,4778,313,pdf/Emergency_Preparedness.pdf
Health Alert Network		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/23,0,386,html ok
Strategic National Stockpile		http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/stockpile/stockpile.htm

Resources referenced
State Healthcare Coalition contacts		https://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/6993.pdf ok
Overview of MSDH Response Efforts		https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/47,4778,313,pdf/Emergency_Preparedness.pdf ok