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
- 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


