Emergency Planning
The
Clermont County General Health District, under funding from the US Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
(CDC), coordinated through the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) in the form of
the �Public Health Infrastructure (PHI) Grant� program, established an
Emergency Planning Office to coordinate all emergency preparedness and
planning activities. The office is charged with the development of all Health
District Emergency Operations Plans to include Business Continuity Plans,
Terrorism Response, Crisis Communications, Mass Dispensing, Volunteer
Management, Pandemic Influenza Response, and Mass Fatality Management, and
more. The office is actively involved in collaborative planning efforts with
multiple jurisdictions and disciplines both in Clermont County and the
Southwest Ohio region.
Since the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent PHI grant
program participation beginning in 2003, the Clermont County General Health
District has progressed dramatically in the areas of homeland security
preparedness and response planning. Planning and preparedness is still
ongoing to better equip and prepare the county and health district to respond
to an event of national significance, such as a terrorist attack involving
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) or a large scale natural disaster.
The Clermont County General Health District will continue to enhance existing preparedness and work closely
with its county, regional and state partners to ensure that the Health District
and the residents of Clermont County and Ohio meet the highest standards of
preparedness, planning, and readiness.
