Emergency Planning and Response

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

• Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) distribution plan
• Pandemic Influenza response plan

Facilities Preparedness

• Emergency Operations Plans
• Resources for Health Professionals

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

• Mississippi Health Alert Network (MS-HAN)
• Mississippi emergency agencies
• Emergency preparedness information from the CDC
• State Healthcare Coalition contacts

Preparing Mississippi

• Overview of MSDH Response Efforts PDF
  Recent activities and response efforts

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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)

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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.

Links referenced
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) distribution plan		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,154,html
Pandemic Influenza response plan		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,154,html
Emergency Operations Plans		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,569,html
Resources for Health Professionals		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,154,html
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
Mississippi Health Alert Network (MS-HAN)		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/23,0,386,html
Mississippi emergency agencies		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,122,77,html
Emergency preparedness information from the CDC		https://emergency.cdc.gov/
State Healthcare Coalition contacts		http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/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
Strategic National Stockpile		http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/stockpile/stockpile.htm

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