Disaster & Emergency Planning

Information about health-related disasters and emergency planning

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Team

Key Positions:
      Planner
      Epidemiologist
      Public Information Officer

Key Services and Responsibilities:
      Develops and updates City's public health related emergency
      plans.
      Monitor medical examiner's office and medical facilities to
      identify increases in deaths and to track illness outbreaks.
      Provide community with accurate, timely and relevant
      information for decision making during public health 
      emergencies.
      Issue Health Alerts.
      Promote emergency preparedness. 
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Visit these web sites to find additional disaster preparedness information:

City of St. Louis Emergency Management Agency (CEMA)

http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

http://www.health.mo.gov/emergencies/readyin3

St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS)

http://allreadystl.com

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

http://www.fema.gov

http://www.Ready.gov

American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter

http://www.redcrossstl.org

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office of the Assistant for Preparedness and Response

http://phe.gov/preparedness/pages/default.aspx

Homeland Security

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/homeland-security

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