Polk County Health Center (417) 326-7250 / (417) 326-2766 fax info@polkcountyhealth.net 1317 W Broadway St, Bolivar, MO 65613

Response Plan for Disasters, Public Health Emergencies, and Pandemics

Version 3.0
July 25, 2006

(417) 326-7250
(417) 326-2766 fax
www.polkcountyhealth.net
1317 W Broadway St, Bolivar, MO 65613

Michelle Morris, Administrator
Theron Becker, Emergency Planner

"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (US General 1890-1969) in a speech to the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference in Washington, DC on November 14th, 1957

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"A goal without a plan is just a wish."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French writer 1900-1944)

Table of Contents:

*Notes: Pandemic Influenza planning has been integrated with Public Health Emergency Planning to reduce duplication and maximize impact. The template provided by DHSS is divided into Annexes (shown below) and the information in those Annexes is noted in the above table of contents.

• Annex A: Direction and Control
• Annex B: Information Technology & Communications
• Annex C: Public Information
• Annex D: Surveillance
• Annex E: Investigation
• Annex F: Prevention of Secondary Transmission
• Annex G: Isolation/Quarantine
• Annex H: Mass Prophylaxis
• Annex I: Mass Patient Care
• Annex J: Mass Fatality Management
• Annex K: Nuclear & Chemical
• Annex L: Foodborne and Waterborne Outbreaks
• Annex M: Volunteer Management
• Annex N: Recovery

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