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Contact	Joe Frost, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
Phone	(269) 969-6492
E-mail	jfrost@calhouncountymi.gov

Emergency Preparedness Overview

The Calhoun County Public Health Department is dedicated to protecting the health of county residents during public health emergencies. We focus on minimizing the health threats from infectious diseases, natural disasters, and terrorist acts, such as those caused by chemical and biological agents. We actively collaborate with local, regional, state, and federal agencies to prepare for and respond to incidents that threaten public health.

The terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001 and the anthrax attacks that soon followed made it clear that public health departments must be ready to act in an emergency response capacity. While the traditional role of public health departments has been to handle outbreaks of more common or natural diseases, the continued threat of bioterrorism has changed the scope of response planning.

The federal government has allocated funds to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the purpose of increasing national public health preparedness as well as increasing the ability to respond to emergency situations. A portion of this funding has been granted to the states. In Michigan, the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has used CDC emergency preparedness grants to create a new division focusing specifically on emergency planning, called the Office of Public Health Preparedness, and to enhance surveillance, epidemiological, and laboratory capacity at the state level. MDCH also hired eight regional epidemiologists who serve the respective counties in eight emergency planning districts in Michigan. In addition, MCHD has provided grant funding to local health jurisdictions to hire emergency preparedness coordinators to coordinate emergency response planning at the local level.

Calhoun County
315 West Green Street
Marshall, MI 49068
Phone: (269) 781-0700
Fax: (269) 781-0140

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