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"A goal without a plan is just a wish."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French writer 1900-1944)

Contents:

Local Public Health Emergency Plan (Version 1.2 - July 2007)

• 1 - Cover Page
• 2 - Distribution List
• 3 - Record of Changes
  • Appendix 1 - Exercises
• 4 - Forward
• 5 - Promulgation Statement
• 6 - Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
• 7 - Basic Plan
  • I - Purpose
  • II - Situation and Assumptions
  • III - Concept of Operations
  • IV - Organizations and Assignment of Responsibilities
  • V - Continuity of LPHA Administration
  • VI - Administration and Logistics
  • VII - Plan Development and Maintenance
  • Appendix 1 - Primary and Support Responsibilities
  • Appendix 2 - Hazard Analysis
  • Appendix 3 - Mutual Aid Agreements
  • Appendix 4 - Emergency (Disaster) Classification and Control Procedures
  • Appendix 5 - DCHD Organizational Chart
  • Appendix 6 - DCHD Emergency Call List
• Annex A - Direction and Control
• Annex B - Information Technology and Communications
  • Appendix 1 - Law Enforcement Agencies
  • Appendix 2 - Local Assistance
• Annex C - Public Information
• Annex D - Surveillance
• Annex E - Investigation
• Annex F - Prevention of Secondary Transmission
  • Appendix 1 - Dallas County Veterinarians
• Annex G - Isolation / Quarantine
• Annex H - Mass Prophylaxis
  • I - Purpose
  • II - Scope
  • III - General Operating Assumptions
  • IV - Direction and Control
  • V - Storing and Distributing SNS Assets
  • VI - Media Messages
  • VII - Responsibilties Prior to Opening a Distribution Site
  • VIII - Assignment of Responsibilities
  • IX - Summary of Services and Required Personnel
  • X - Distribution Site Patient Flow
  • XI - Distribution Site Ancillary Services
  • Appendix A - Dispensing Site Guide
  • Appendix B - Listing of Public Distribution Sites
  • Appendix C - Distribution Site Population Estimates
  • Appendix D - History Form for Patients (273 kb pdf)
  • Appendix E - Supplies and Equipment Recommended at Distribution Sites
  • Appendix F - Dallas County Contact List
  • Appendix G - Dispensing Site Management Schematic
  • Appendix H - Building Site Plan
  • Appendix I - Contact List
  • Appendix J - Patient Flow Process
  • Appendix K - Security Personnel List
  • Appendix L - Expense Tracking Forms
  • Appendix M - Traffic Flow Patterns
  • Appendix N - Bio-Medical Waste Procedures
• Annex I - Mass Patient Care
• Annex J - Mass Fatality Management
  • Appendix 1 - Coroner and Funeral Homes
• Annex K - Nuclear and Chemical Incidents
• Annex L - Foodborne/Waterborne Outbreaks
• Annex M - Volunteer Management
• Annex N - Recovery

Pandemic Influenza Plan (Version 1.2 - March 2007)

• 1 - Purpose
• 2 - Scope
• 3 - Assumptions
• 4 - Impact
• 5 - Pandemic Periods and Phases
• 6 - Local Pandemic Response According to Pandemic Periods and Phases
• 7 - Antiviral and Vaccine Delivery and Dispensing
• 8 - Authority
• 9 - Glossary of Acronyms/Definitions