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Health Law Cross Sector Collaboration Tools The CDC / Bureau of Justice Assistance "Public Health and Law Enforcement Emergency Preparedness Workgroup" has released two tools designed to improve cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional preparedness for public health emergencies. The first, “A Framework for Improving Cross-Sector Coordination for Emergency Preparedness and Response: Action Steps for Public Health, Law Enforcement, Corrections, and the Judiciary,” details major gaps and problems in cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional emergency preparedness as well as some key opportunities for addressing them. The second is a guide for developing a memorandum of understanding for coordinated cross-sector implementation of community response measures to contagious respiratory diseases such as influenza. More information and available documents Dismissal of School Children
in the Context of Pandemic Influenza In the News Getting ahead of the next big storm In the face of destruction wreaked by three devastating storm systems
-- Gustav, Hanna, and Ike -- the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) had the opportunity to test its new proactive response
philosophy. "Dynamic regrouping" uses clearly demarked lines of
communication to move resources along the storm paths so they will be
ready when they are most needed. Under the new response structure,
FEMA's planning team consists of one team concentrating on recovery
operations, and another working to anticipate needs ahead of a storm's
landfall. The response effort entails collaboration between the
military, civilian emergency professionals, and volunteers. The new
philosophy places increased emphasis on volunteer capabilities, giving
emergency officials a better sense than during previous disasters of who
the volunteers are and what they are trained to do.
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