Planning
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Ledge Light Health District provides Public Health Preparedness to address prevention, response, and recovery for its member towns, and municipalities in the Region 37 Mass Dispensing Area. It also works with the Southeastern Council of Governments Regional Emergency Management Committee, State Department of Public Health, and the State Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Area 4, on preparedness activities.
Primary areas include disease surveillance and follow up, food-borne protection and follow up, risk communication, public education, isolation and quarantine, and mass dispensing. The staff works closely with other partners to assure health issues are coordinated and addressed in responding to all types of emergencies, natural or man-made.
Currently pandemic flu preparedness is occurring on the local, regional, and Statewide levels. To address pandemic flu, and related issues, Ledge Light Health district is developing plans to add to its Public Heath Emergency Response Plan.
On April 19, 2006, we participated in an exercise designed to test our ability to establish a Point-of-Dispensing (POD) Clinic. POD’s would be established in several locations in our region if there was an emergency that required getting the whole community vaccinated or medicated. Thanks to the work of our staff and to hundreds of volunteers, we were able to identify areas for improvement and enhance our plans for this type of emergency response.
If you would like more information, please contact Monica Farina, Public Health Preparedness Coordinator.
Helpful Resources
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To learn more about the April 19th exercise, please read the
Exercise Outline and After Action Report. -
Please visit our Disease Prevention Section for information on Pandemic Flu and what Ledge Light Health District is doing to plan and prepare.
