The Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program plans response efforts to large-scale public health incidents. These emergencies could include a pandemic, anthrax attack, smallpox outbreak, earthquake, severe winter storm, and more.

Emergency Preparedness

Preparedness efforts are primarily funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They focus upon the following capabilities:

Community Preparedness
Community Recovery
Emergency Operations Coordination
Emergency Public Information and Warning
Fatality Management
Mass Care
Medical Countermeasure Dispensing

Medical Material Management Distribution
Medical Surge
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
Public Health Laboratory Testing
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
Responder Safety and Health
Volunteer Management

Lassen Disaster Preparedness Coalition

Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Lassen County Public Health Department has overall responsibility for protecting the public's health during a public health emergency.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness works to:

Prepare and plan for public health emergencies with the community partners and agencies with whom we respond
Coordinate with Lassen County's healthcare system to enhance readiness and response capabilities for public health emergencies
Plan for dissemination of health information during public health emergencies to ensure residents and visitors have the most accurate and updated information
Plan for mass countermeasure dispensing and vaccinations in the event of an emergency where medications/vaccines are available
Coordinate with epidemiology regarding surveillance of disease within the county to ensure early detection of outbreaks
Exercise with community partners and agencies to ensure a timely and well-coordinated response