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Program Background

We provide a public health response network for assistance in natural and manmade disasters that occur in Allen, Anderson, Bourbon and Woodson counties.

General Public Health & Emergency Response Information

Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, and Woodson counties each receive federal funds that are used to build our preparedness abilities to respond to biological terrorism or a massive disease outbreak that would require providing medications or injections to the entire county population in a short period of time.

In order to receive these funds, the individual Health Departments have been required to develop multiple plans that could be used in a variety of public health emergency responses. The Health Departments are required to update the plans quarterly and practice them on an annual basis.

Many hours are spent working on emergency preparedness. The plans and exercises are reviewed annually by KDHE. If an actual emergency were to occur, our Health Departments would widely publish dates and times of immunizations, etc. This information would be published on our web site, and flyers would be posted in local grocery stores, libraries, city halls, and various county businesses. We would utilize the local radio and TV stations, along with newspapers, to reach our citizens.

The SEK Multi County Health Administrator and each county's Public Health Nurse work closely with all local law enforcement agencies and medical personnel, such as hospitals and physician offices, to ensure that we are ultimately prepared to handle bioterrorism attacks or disease outbreaks.

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Our Goals

  • Strengthen our capacity to respond to natural or manmade disasters.
  • Provide guidance in comprehensive disaster planning with public health focus.
  • Develop functional capacity for planning, activities, and workforce readiness related to disaster response.
  • Utilize the KS-HAN (Kansas Health Alert Network) - a public health communication system of training and technology linking all key players in the event of a disaster (e.g. a Bio-Terrorism incident).

BioTerrorism

 

Bioterrorism is the unlawful or threatened use of microorganisms or toxins derived from living organisms to produce death or disease in humans, animals or plants. The act is intended to create fear, inflict injury and/or death, and to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of political, religious or ideological goals.

In the event of a bioterrorism threat, SEK Multi County Health Department and other county and state agencies are prepared to function in a unified command structure. Any response will require open communications and a coordinated effort from agencies like the Kansas Department of Health and Environment [KDHE], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], Allen/Anderson/Bourbon/Woodson County Emergency Management, police, fire and rescue departments throughout the counties.

Disaster can strike quickly without any warning. You may be forced to evacuate your neighborhood, or it may confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services such as water, electricity, gas or your telephone were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. Families can - and do - cope with a disaster by preparing in advance and working as a team.

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