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Plans, prepares, and responds to public health emergencies that may affect and could harm the community. Examples of such public health emergencies include pandemic flue, food-based diseases, natural disasters, hazardous releases, and terrorism. Before, during, and after major disasters, the Franklin-Williamson Bi-County Health Department (FWBCHD) works in a variety of wars, in a coordinated response, to protect residents.
Works in collaboration with other agencies to provide comprehensive public health planning and response for all hazard disasters (natural or man-made) within the county.

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster Response Services

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

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County Offices of Emergency Services
Disaster Response Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Government Departments/Offices

Provides emergency response to incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disaster.

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County Government Departments/Offices
County Offices of Emergency Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services
Provides assistance to individuals and families affected by a natural disaster. Disaster services include sheltering, feeding, physical and mental health services. Physical and mental health services are also provided to those seeking refuge from a fire, hurricane or flood - or in the wake of a tornado, earthquake, or hazardous materials incident.

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT (CISM) is listed separately under the Iowa CISM Network Agency.

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Disaster Relief/Recovery Organizations
Disaster Donations Coordination
Disaster/Emergency Services Volunteer Opportunities
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services
Provides a range of emergency preparedness services.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

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County Offices of Emergency Services
Disaster Response Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. Information and education on emergency disaster preparedness.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services
Preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation in times of disaster.

Information and education on emergency disaster preparedness.

Assists in managing Homeland Security Programs for Lt. Governor.

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County Offices of Emergency Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. Information and education on emergency disaster preparedness.


Covers Frontier County and Furnas County.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

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Disaster Response Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services
Community health nursing and education. Home visits. Workplace wellness programs. Health education.

Immunization clinics, blood pressure screening/monitoring, tuberculosis testing

Communicable disease investigation and control. Disease surveillance.

Emergency response and planning, bio-terror/emergency response.

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Flu Vaccines
Tuberculosis Screening
General Health Education Programs
Communicable Disease Control
Public Health Nursing
Workplace Wellness Programs
Blood Pressure Screening
General Immunization
Pollution Control
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Public Facility Health Inspection
Disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. Information and education on emergency disaster preparedness.

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County Offices of Emergency Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

Services

Disaster Response Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services

Provides emergency response and damage assessments to incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disaster.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services

Prepares for a prompt and effective response to a variety of public health emergencies. By working with community partners, the Department can respond to natural or manmade events.

Residents are served by, refining and practicing emergency plans, educating the community, conducting trainings for staff and volunteers, and preparing plans for dispensing preventative medication (if needed) in a public health disaster.

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services
County Government Departments/Offices

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Clayton County Emergency Management Office provides for the health, safety, and welfare of the public during an emergency situation or disaster. This agency manages and coordinates the county-wide response and recovery efforts to natural or man-made disasters. This agency services as the coordination point for state and federal relief programs. In addition, the agency provides for emergency preparedness and response planning for the county including: Develops the County's disaster preparedness and recovery plans for "All Hazards" and distributes and coordinates those plans on a County-wide basis, Develops and delivers public information and educational programs about disaster preparedness, Provides administrative and logistical support to the County's Hazardous Materials Response Team, Plans and conducts exercises that test and improve preparedness, Assists local industry in writing and preparing their EPCRA Off-Site Plans and Chemical Inventory and Tier II reporting forms, Maintains a hazardous-materials plan under the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, and Maintains public files of all facilities that use or store hazardous chemicals in excess of 10,000 pounds.

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Disaster Preparedness Information
Emergency Management Exercises
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services
Investigation, assessment, and response for public protection to all hazards.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

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County Offices of Emergency Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Response Services

Community health services and education.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Public Health Nursing

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Government Departments/Offices
Disaster Response Services
County Offices of Emergency Services