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The LHD Work Plan Deliverable 17.2 survey is linked below. The survey is due October 27, 2017. As noted in the work plan, the survey addresses topics related to emergency management and Domain V Capabilities. Multi-county LHDs are expected to submit a survey response for each county within their jurisdiction.
Survey information will be collected and reviewed by DEPR, and the results will be discussed on a future EPC call and during the June 2018 in-person meeting. The contact information provided will be kept as a confidential list, to be used only for emergency preparedness and response purposes. The focus of the survey is on four main topics. The first, being the role of local public health in the LEOC during emergencies, and how they are integrated within local emergency management plans. In addition, the survey seeks to provide insight as to how local public health is involved in mass care, mass fatality operations, and volunteer management. For these functions, note that the LHD's role may only be to assist other local agencies and/or community organizations. For questions, contact Jennifer Lixey Terrill at lixeyterrillj@michigan.gov or 517-930-0671.
Additionally, a separate survey is being distributed through MSP District Coordinators to local emergency management. That survey is focused mainly on Volunteer Reception Centers (VRC). A copy of the survey questions are linked below for reference. The additional emergency management survey results will complement the LHD information being collected. For questions regarding the local emergency management survey, contact Virginia Zimmerman at zimmermanv@michigan.gov.
The vendor-hosted MI Volunteer Registry Autumn Charge VIII exercise has been scheduled for October 18-19, 2017. Based on the Autumn Charge VII January 25-26, 2017 exercise lessons learned and issues still pending with identified areas for improvement, participation in the October exercise will be limited to State level administrators. A committee with representation from LHDs and regional HCCs is working on a registry reorganization and addressing exercise AAR improvement items. Local or regional administrators with particular interest in participation in the October exercise should contact Virginia Zimmerman at zimmermanv@michigan.gov.
As a reminder, the BP1-17 LHD Work Plan quarter one deliverables listed below are due on September 29, 2017. The deliverables should be submitted to the MDHHS-BETP-DEPR-PHEP@michigan.gov mailbox with a CC to the regional point of contact.
- Deliverable 13.1 – Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan (MYTEP)
- Deliverable 15.1 - ORR Action Plan
The ADA National Network is hosting a webinar on Functional Assessment Service Teams (FAST) on October 12, 2017 from 2:30 – 4:00 PM EDT. The service teams are set up to help individuals get what they need to safely stay in a community shelter and to assist them to return home as soon as possible. The webinar will help participants learn more about FAST as a possible resource in whole community planning and response. California, Washington and Wisconsin will share their experiences working with the teams. Registration is available on the Pacific ADA Center website.
The recording of the Responding to White Powder Incidents Webinar held on September 11, 2017 has been posted to MI-TRAIN - course ID: 1073040. Presenters included Mark E. Davidson, SABT/WMDC FBI-Detroit, Dr. Marty Soehnlen, MDHHS Laboratory Acting Division Director of Infectious Diseases, and Shannon Sharp, MDHHS Laboratory Bioterrorism Training Coordinator. Slides from the presentation are linked below.
The MDHHS Emergency Management Coordinators would like to thank the LHDs that responded to the request for potential mutual aid assistance caused by the recent hurricanes. Four responses were received from LHDs offering to send a total of eight registered nurses to Florida. While a request specifically for MI to provide these nurses has yet to be received, MDHHS stands ready to assist if and when a request is made. The willingness of LHDs to help support the response efforts is greatly appreciated.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites health departments, partner agencies and other emergency preparedness stakeholders to contribute to the advancement of U.S. national health security by submitting an abstract for the 2018 Preparedness Summit (April 17-20, 2018 in Atlanta). The year's theme is "Strengthening National Health Security: Mastering Ordinary Responses, Building Resilience for Extraordinary Events." Abstracts can be submitted on the Preparedness Summit website.
NACCHO’s Health and Disability Program is accepting applications through November 30, 2017 for its Disability Technical Assistance Program. This initiative is designed to support local health departments seeking to increase inclusivity and accessibility for people with disabilities in their programs, products, and services. Through this program, NACCHO staff provides assistance on a variety of topics related to health department activities including emergency preparedness planning and health promotion programming.
As a reminder for LHDs experiencing issues logging into Adobe Connect, an add-in may need to be manually downloaded from the Adobe site. Links are provided below for both Windows and Mac.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Housing and Urban Developing have developed a toolkit titled “Disaster Preparedness to Promote Community Resilience: Information and Tools for Homeless Service Providers and Disaster Professionals”. The toolkit provides a practical overview of challenges that may occur during disaster-caused disruptions and the impact of these challenges for people who experience homelessness. It also provides guidance for identifying and collaborating with partners to address disaster response and recovery needs of homeless community members and outlines strategies to engage in preparedness and minimize service disruption from a disaster.
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