Disaster Preparedness

1. Key Disaster Response
Preparedness Agencies
By Yana Puckett, MD

2. Introduction
All organizations participate in:
- Strengthening national response to disaster
- Funding
- Surveillance
- Local, state, federal intercommunication,
organized response
- Research, education

3. Organizations to be Discussed
1. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Preparedness and Response
2. Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs
3. Department of Defense Office of Health Affairs
4. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
5. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Agency
(FEMA)
6. Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO)
7. National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO)
8. National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO)

4. •United States Homeland Security agency
•Coordinates response to disaster on local and state level
•Covers entire United States
•Provides experts specialized in funding and rebuilding
efforts during rebuilding efforts.
•Provides funds for training of response personnel
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)

5. Defense Health Agency
Joint Army, Navy, Air Force support to provide
medical assistance and defence in time of
disaster.
Training research

6. Created after Hurricane Katrina
Prevent, prepare, respond in public health emergency and
disaster
Federal emergency buildings
Research
Grants to strengthen public health emergency/disaster
management.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response

7. Works with Department of Homeland Security
Prepare, respond, recover from crisis
Monitor for dangerous biological agents
Analyze for chemical and biological threats
Plan response to pandemics
Office of Health Affairs

8. Infectious outbreaks, occupational, environmental
outbreaks
Education resources for health professionals
Funding state and local health departments
Regulation of select agents and toxins
Research
Epidemiology
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

9. National health preparedness, response
public health emergencies
Works closely with CDC, FEMA
Funding
Reduce administrative burden
Association of State and Territorial Health
Offices

10. Lead national organization for EMS
Promote coordinated EMS response system
nationwide
Enhance skills and knowledge of EMS
Facilitate interstate cooperation
Research and evaluation
National Association of State EMS Officials

11. National Association of County and City
Health Officials
Focused on local health department
preparedness, response, interstate/federal
communication during disaster.
Practice centers, biosurveillance, pandemic
influenza preparedness, radiation
preparedness
Strategic national stockpile