Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery

Are you prepared for a health emergency? Learn more about what you can do, what MDH will be doing, and what health professionals across Minnesota are doing to prepare, respond and recover from health emergencies.

• Individual/Family Preparedness
  Plan smart. Plan now. Be ready. Floods, tornado, pandemic, bioterrorism, and more
  
  
• Emergency Communications
  Health alerts, news releases, newsletters, other languages, risk communications and amateur radio.
  
  
• Legal/Legislative Issues Related to Emergency Preparedness
  Minnesota Statutes, Rules and HIPAA guidance.
  
  
• Plans: MDH Emergency Preparedness Plans
  MDH All-Hazards, D-MERT, MAC, and Pandemic Influenza Plans.
  
  
• Response Systems
  Systems to help professionals respond to emergencies.
  Behavioral Health | Health Alert Network | MN Responds | MNTrac | MN.TRAIN | Minnesota Trauma | Special Populations | SNS
  
  
• Training and Exercises
  Hospital (BHPP) trainings, MN.Train, and HSEEP (Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program).
  
  
• Healthcare Systems Emergency Preparedness
  Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, emergency management services (EMS) and other healthcare entities
  
  
• Local Health Department Emergency Preparedness
  Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness Grant information for LHD, CHB, and Tribes.
  
  
• Contact Us: Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP)
  Maps showing regional staff, mission, and programs that belong to the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
  

Related Topics

• Laboratory Emergency Preparedness
  Chemical and biological emergency preparedness info, plus the Laboratory Response Network (LRN).

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