2006 OEP Newsletters

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October 2006 Ready to Respond Newsletter

  • Director’s Chair
  • State officials participate in pan flu exercise
  • Joint MDH-HSEM statewide public information campaign focus is emergency preparedness
  • Healthcare System Preparedness: MNTRAC delivers advance warning to hospitals during an emergency
  • Division News: MDH lab hosted fall meeting of CDC Level 1 laboratories
  • District Office Preparedness Activities: West Central Region holds preparednessconference
  • State officials promote family preparedness at state fair
  • Metro team shadows Pacific Northwest fire team in Boundary Waters
  • Resources: Pandemic flu CD compiles public information and planning resources for partners
  • Resources: From the CDC flu prevention toolkit
  • Editorial Board

July 2006 Ready to Respond Newsletter

  • Newsletter has new name and broader focus
  • Director’s Chair/Ready to Respond
  • $5 Million for MN pandemic influenza planning
  • MDH Pandemic Influenza Plan update
  • MDH All-Hazards Response and Recovery Plan
  • MDH All-Hazards Response and Recovery Base Plan
  • MDH Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC)Plan
  • MDH Pandemic Influenza Plan
  • Division Highlights:
    • Choreography of lab relocation – The MDH-PHL story
    • The Laboratory Response Network
    • Environmental Health professionals reduce potential to human health
  • HospitalNews/Using volunteers during a pandemic flu outbreak
  • DistrictOffice: Northeast preparedness event for deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • UpcomingEvents
    • Designing, conducting and evaluating functional exercises
    • Beyond the Yellow Ribbon: Governor’s military & veterans support cabinet summit
  • Resources
    • Calendar of exercises now on OEP Website
    • MDH Worksheet for creating a tabletop exercise
      • Creating the Player Handbook
      • Crating the Facilitator’s book
    • Preparedness checklist
    • Check out Indiana State Health Department Website
    • Workspace communication exercise request and report forms
  • Editorial Board


March 2006 OEP Newsletter

  • Comments from MDH Emergency Preparedness Director
  • OEP Vision and Mission Statements
  • Pandemic Flu Updates
  • Secretary Mike Leavitt introduces National Pandemic Influenza Plan
  • Secretary Leavitt kicks off pandemic flu summit in Minnesota
  • Progress continues on MDH Pandemic Influenza Plan
  • MDH Web site links for pandemic flu
  • Other pandemic flu Web sites
  • RSS is drilled in St. Cloud
  • "Minnesota Responds" gets name change
  • New Resources
  • Mass Dispensing Sites: A Primer for Volunteers
  • Public Health Emergency Training Online Modules
  • Do you need a GETS card?
  • Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America's Communities
  • TurningPoint releases free toolkit on emergency preparedness
  • All Together Now: Team Program Workbook Directory
  • National Organization on Disability launches Emergency Preparedness Initiative
  • DisabilityInfo.gov offers more information
  • HHS Office on Disability website
  • Upcoming Events
  • (Satellite conference) Learning from Katrina: Tough lessons in preparedness and emergency response
  • (In-person conference) America's Health Responders: On the Public Health Frontlines

Updated Wednesday, 22-Dec-2010 11:23:56 CST