South Central Public Health District
1020 Washington St N      Twin Falls ID 83301-3156      (208) 737-5900      Toll Free: (866) 710-9775
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South Central
Public Health District
1020 Washington St N
Twin Falls ID 83301-3156
(208) 737-5900

Twin Falls Office Hours: 8:00AM - 5:00PM


Public Health Preparedness

 

The Public Health Preparedness program at South Central Public Health District was established in 2002 to expand the district’s capabilities to plan for – and respond to – public health emergencies in Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties.

Learn more about how our health district is preparing our community for public health emergencies by clicking below.

  • Education & Training

  • Public Health Preparedness and Response Plans

  • Regional Health Care System Preparedness Program

  • Medical Reserve Corps
    "Volunteer Idaho!"

  • Other Resources

  • CDC's Emergency Preparedness and Response

  • www.PanFluSouthIdaho.org

Education and Training

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Education and training are key components to South Central Public Health District’s preparedness efforts. The Public Health Preparedness Program coordinates preparedness education and training opportunities for District staff and community partners to help adequately prepare them to respond to a public health emergency in order to minimize death and disease.

Education and training examples include Incident Command System (ICS) and National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) awareness level courses. Training is provided by a variety of agencies, including Public Health staff, community partners, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security, and Idaho State University-Institute of Emergency Management staff. Satellite downlinks from state and national links, such as the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Emergency Management Agency among others are also utilized.

All SCPHD exercises are tied to the mission of the District, and are planned, executed, and evaluated using the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program methods.

 

Public Health Preparedness and Response Plans

South Central Public Health District Public Health Preparedness plans are the framework to guide our efforts to prepare for and respond to a public health emergency. The plans outline the procedures and processes required to respond to a communicable disease outbreak, terrorist event, or other public health emergency. The plans are intended to direct SCPHD’s response to any hazard that threatens the publics’ health. Our preparedness and response capabilities are designed to work in tandem with first response agencies and other partner organizations in south central Idaho. Significant efforts go into the Strategic National Stockpile.

Strategic National Stockpile – This plan outlines the procedures and processes required for the receipt, staging, distribution and management of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention oversees a cache of life-saving medicines and medical supplies that can be delivered in the event of a major public health emergency. The stockpile is available to help supplement local resources when they become exhausted. At a minimum, supplies could be delivered to a designated area within 12 hours of the federal decision to deploy these assets. During the 2009 H1N1 response, SCPHD received medical supplies and medications to be used if the current supply within the community had been depleted. To learn more click here. Should we need to request and receive the SNS, SCPHD will distribute the medications to local populations at Points of Dispensing (PODS) sites. To learn more, click here.

 

Regional Health Care System Preparedness Program

The purpose of the Regional Health Care System Program at South Central Public Health District is to upgrade the preparedness and the capabilities of health care entities in south central Idaho to respond to bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectious diseases, other public health threats and emergencies, and to improve overall regional preparedness and response. Joint efforts include developing and maintaining a regional surge capacity plan, participating in regional exercises, establishing partnerships through memorandums of agreement/ understanding, and sharing of best practices.

Participating regional health care entities include:

  • Hospitals

  • Emergency Medical Service providers

  • Community health centers

  • Outpatient facilities

  • County Emergency Management Coordinators

  • County Coroners

  • Law enforcement officials

  • Mental Health Care providers

  • Faith Based organizations

  • Civic, volunteer, and service organizations

  • Public Health

As the coordinating and fiscal agency, South Central Public Health District allocates allotment funds to participating entities to enhance their preparedness efforts. Recent upgrades include increased mass fatality response and equipment, to support alternative care sites.

South Central Healthcare Preparedness Coalition

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Medical Reserve Corps / "Volunteer Idaho!"

The South Central Idaho Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was established in June 2009 and is the newest Medical Reserve Unit in Idaho. We are seeking volunteers from throughout the eight county area of south central Idaho.

For more information click here.

 

Mobile Applications

The FEMA App

Find on iTunes and Google Play

The FEMA App contains preparedness information for different types of disasters, an interactive checklist for emergency kits, a section to plan emergency meeting locations, information on how to stay safe and recover after a disaster, a map with FEMA Disaster Recovery Center locations (one-stop centers where disaster survivors can access 

 

Links

National

American Red Cross
www.redcross.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
www.bt.cdc.gov

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
www.fbi.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
www.fema.gov
www.ready.gov

State

Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
www.bhs.idaho.gov

Idaho TRAIN
http://id.train.org

Ready Idaho
www.readyidaho.org

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Local

Blaine County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
www.blaineemergency.org

Idaho Public Health Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA)

JRA for all of South Central Idaho

JRA for Blaine County

JRA for Camas County

JRA for Cassia County

JRA for Gooding County

JRA for Jerome County

JRA for Lincoln County

JRA for Minidoka County

JRA for Twin Falls County

Last Updated March 13, 2017 4:22 PM      © 2008 South Central Public Health District

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