Writing a Disaster Plan: A Guide for Health Departments
This guidebook
is a tool to assist state and local public health departments to write an all-hazards
disaster plan. This guidebook walks-through the development of a comprehensive
all-hazards disaster plan including the essential components necessary in the
event of an emergency situation or disaster. A plan that is adaptable and incorporates
all potential hazards can reduce confusion during a disaster by employing a
consistent set of core responses. An all-hazards plan will also save time by
eliminating the need to develop multiple, redundant, and overly specific disaster
plans. Disaster plans will differ between jurisdictions since the potential
hazards, laws, and resources may vary.
This
publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U90/CCU924253 from
CDC. Its contents are soley the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily
represent the official views of CDC.
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