The
Geauga County Health District has been involved in emergency and
disaster preparedness planning and education for many years. In 2001,
the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, as well as the
Anthrax attack, caused our nation to be more accutely aware of the
possibility of these types of terrorism. In response, the federal
government passed The Public Health and Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response Act of 2002. The act provides grant money for states to
improve the infrastructure of their local health departments for
bioterrorism response.
In
addition, the Health District has been working with the Geauga County
Emergency Management Agency to develop Weapons of Mass
Destruction plans and general emergency response to a variety of
disasters, both natural and "man-caused".
Here
are some of the programs the Health
District is directly involved with, as well as information from local,
state and government agencies involved in emergency preparedness.
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DISASTER
PLANNING
FACT SHEETS
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