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Plans, prepares, and responds to public health emergencies that may affect and could harm the community. Also offers CPR, first aid, and AED training.

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CPR Instruction
General First Aid Instruction
Automated External Defibrillator Training
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

The health department is constantly monitoring school absences in an attempt to determine a food borne outbreak or a disease outbreak.

The health department is also required to have drills annually to see how quickly they could dispense medications to the population should a bioterrorist event or pandemic influenza occur.

The health department currently monitors what is happening in the world regarding different disease outbreaks.

Prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against all types of natural and man-made emergencies and disasters through coordinating resources of the County, State, and Federal agencies.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
County Offices of Emergency Services
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.
Provides emergency assistance to people who experience natural or man-made disasters. Can provide emergency food, clothing, shelter, medical needs, and mental health.

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Disaster Relief/Recovery Organizations
Disaster Related Shelter Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Provides emergency assistance to people who experience natural or man-made disasters. Can provide emergency food, clothing, shelter, medical needs, and mental health.

Services

Disaster Relief/Recovery Organizations
Disaster Related Shelter Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Offers to work with surrounding communities and businesses to develop procedures and preparations in the case of an emergency or disaster. Services include droughts, earthquakes, floods, large-scale fires, tornadoes, and winter storms. As well as man-made hazards such as civil disorder incidents, hazardous material incidents, major transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, pollution and sanitation problems, and terrorism incidents.

Services

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

Provides information about how to prepare for an emergency, or join the Medical Reserve Corps.

Services

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

Provides an all hazards approach in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from all types of emergencies. Coordinates a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) to locally organize and utilize volunteers in preparing for and responding to public health emergencies.

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. The program includes distribution of pharmaceuticals or vaccinations in the event of a bioterrorist attack or pandemic influenza, emergency planning for and tracking of populations with special needs, recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers.

Emergency Preparedness and Response Program incorporates the following preparedness activities, emergency preparedness planning, community outreach, preparedness planning materials, epidemiological investigation, Medical Reserve Corps, Pandemic Influenza Community Coalition (PICC) and Special Needs Advisory Panel (SNAP).

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Provides emergency assistance to people who experience natural or man-made disasters. Can provide emergency food, clothing, shelter, medical needs, and mental health.

Services

Disaster Relief/Recovery Organizations
Disaster Related Shelter Services
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Administers the following programs:

-- Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program (WIC).

-- Family Case Management.

-- Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Reporting System.

-- Tobacco-Free Communities & Cessation Programs

-- Immunizations.

-- Blood Pressure Monitoring.

-- Lead Testing.

-- Tuberculosis Testing and Follow-up.

-- Basic Laboratory Services.

-- Vision and Hearing Testing.

-- School Health Services.

-- Communicable Disease Information and Follow-up.

-- Child Safety Seat Assistance.

-- Environmental Health Programs.

-- Emergency Preparedness.

-- Public Health Education.

-- Adult Foot Care Services.

Services

Hearing Screening
Cholesterol/Triglycerides Tests
General Health Education Programs
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Tuberculosis Screening
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Communicable Disease Control
General Immunization
Pregnancy Testing
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Eye Examinations
General Laboratory Tests
Lead Poisoning Screening
Podiatry/Foot Care
Blood Pressure Screening

Detects and respond to emerging threats, including influenza outbreaks, food borne illnesses, and biological terrorist events. Includes the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), which supports community efforts to utilize local medical and health volunteers during emergencies and at other times of community need.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Disaster Related Volunteer Preparedness/Mobilization Programs

Offers to work with surrounding communities and businesses to develop procedures and preparations in the case of an emergency or disaster. Services include testing of sirens on the first Tuesday of every month, working with the Braidwood Nuclear Power Plant to ensure safety in case of a nuclear disaster, coordinating with the National Weather Service to notify the public in case of a severe weather alert, and working with companies in the local area that deal with hazardous materials.

Services

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

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

Services

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

Emergency planning management and disaster-related services for natural, technical, and human disasters. Warning notification to the public for extreme weather and homeland security threats. Emergency preparedness and recovery resources are available for natural hazards.

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City Government Departments/Offices
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
City Offices of Emergency Services

Provides a program that manages all types of emergencies and bring about an orderly transition from relief through recovery, and back to sustained development. Primarily provides medical distribution, but also provides support in many other emergency situations.

Offers to work with surrounding communities and businesses to develop procedures and preparations in the case of an emergency or disaster. Services include testing of sirens every month, ensure safety in case of a nuclear disaster, notify the public in case of a severe weather alert, and working with companies in the local area that deal with hazardous materials.

Services

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

Responding to many types of hazards such as infectious disease outbreaks, natural disasters, biological, chemical, and radiological incidents, and explosions.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Responds to public health events, including biological emergencies like anthrax, infectious disease outbreaks, and natural disasters. Coordinates the Medical Reserve Corps - volunteers mainly including healthcare professionals, but also other roles, for emergency situations and other events.

Services

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Volunteer Opportunities
Emergency Preparedness Program oversees the Emergency Public Health Preparedness activities, Cities Readiness Initiative and the Medical Reserve Corp, the program works closely with community partners to address and prepare for emergency preparedness.

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.

The City Administration office can provide assistance in locating and utilizing city services. Services provided by the City of Hoopeston include, but may not be limited to: - Animal control. - Garbage collection. - Emergency management agency (EMA). - Nixle Alerting System. - Public pool. - 50/50 sidewalk program Animal Control/Animal Shelter: Provides an all-volunteer, open admissions shelter for the City of Hoopeston. Any animal control issues should be reported to the non-emergency number of the Hoopeston Police Department. The shelter works with adopters and no-kill partners to achieve the goal of never having to euthanize. Funds gained from fundraising and donations go entirely to food and medicate for the animals. Emergency Management Agency: A city agency tasked with the strategic organization of the management process used to protect critical assets and the citizens of the City of Hoopeston from hazardous risks that can cause disasters or catastrophic events and to ensure the continuance of operations of city government. Nixle Alerting System: Provides immediate severe weather and tornado warnings, severe storm watches and advisories, such as heavy snow, icy conditions, wind chill, and more. Weather information is sent as a test message directly to a cellphone. 50/50 Sidewalk Program: Program is for property owners within the city limits who wish to replace a deteriorated sidewalk located around their property. The City of Hoopeston would be responsible for tearing out the old sidewalk. The Council approved bidding contractor will complete the construction of the sidewalk and handicap ramps where required. The property owner pays for 1/2 the cost per square foot to install a new sidewalk and handicap ramps; the city will match the amount and pay the remaining 1/2 of the cost. The property owner's portion must be paid before work can begin.

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Animal Shelters
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Animal Control
Works with local partners to prepare for all types of hazards and disasters. The department is also an established Medical Reserve Corps for medical and non-medical volunteers. For more information about the Knox County Medical Reserve Corps, visit their website.