Emergency Preparedness
Print Welcome to the Emergencies and Disasters Section
of the Winnebago County Health Department Website
The Winnebago County Health Department is the lead agency in Winnebago County for public health related emergencies and supports all other agencies when an emergency is not related to strictly public health responses. Examples of public health emergencies include pandemics, epidemics, bioterrorism and any unusual event that affects the health of a large segment of the population of Winnebago County.
Within the Winnebago County Health Department is the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response. The Office is charged with updating and evaluating the Health Department Emergency Operations Plan and providing liaison between the Health Department and government agencies at the local, state and federal level, as well as between the Health Department and the residents of Winnebago County.
In June, 2009 the Winnebago County Health Department All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) was officially recognized by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) as meeting the requirements for recertification as 'Project Public Health Ready' (one of only 4 Counties in the nation to receive this recoginition during the first round). The EOP submitted was a culmination of efforts begining in 2001 with the creation of the Bioterrorism Response Plan and expanded to include a Pandemic Flu Response Plan in 2006. The EOP is constantly updated through the efforts of many County agencies, social service organizations and non-profit groups and through the Rockford Health Council Infectious Diseases Comittee.
For information on public health situations in Winnebago County, please click on the link below for the latest monthly update from the WCHD Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response: WCHD Situationanal Update
September is National Preparedness Month
Click on the link above to see how you can prepare for emergencies
President Obama has declared September NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH!
To see the proclomation, please visit this link:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/27/presidential-proclamation-national-preparedness-month-2010
How can you be part of this effort? Prepare yourself, your family and your place of work!
How?
Visit any of the links below:
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
