Preparedness

This webpage provides links to resources available from U.S. Government and non-government organizations featuring important information on COVID-19, including current guidelines for evaluation patients and infection control.

The Emergency Preparedness Grant Coordination effort is a multi-agency activity that identifies preparedness activities and areas for collaboration across federal grants with public health and healthcare preparedness components. Each agency has a unique role in supporting essential activities for preparing the Nation for public health emergencies and disasters. Together, these agencies strengthen accountability, strategic alignment, and strategic connectivity across programs, policies and activities.

A visualization of the coordination among five Federal agencies engaged in emergency preparedness grant funding.

This report provides background on the national implementation of the MUCC principles and provides recommended strategies and action steps to be taken by FICEMS member agencies to support national implementation of the MUCC.

This report analyzes the military's use of tourniquets and hemostatic dressings and its potential benefits for civilian use.

This disaster triage course will discuss how to recognize a disaster, the rationale for pediatric disaster triage, and common triage strategies applicable to disaster response. Application of the information through the use of several case studies and embedded quizzes will illustrate the concepts discussed in the training.

The National Disaster Life Support Foundation developed a training program to teach mass casualty triage to first responders. This on-line training program consists of a 22 minute video, links to articles on SALT Mass Casualty Triage and a downloadable powerpoint set for teaching SALT Triage to others. The program has a short 5 question quiz that upon successful completion will result in a certificate of completion.

The EMR Instructional Guidelines contain detailed information that may be useful to the classroom instructor in achieving the Education Standards.

The EMT Instructional Guidelines contain detailed information that may be useful to the classroom instructor in achieving the Education Standards.

The Advanced EMT Instructional Guidelines contain detailed information that may be useful to the classroom instructor in achieving the Education Standards.

The Paramedic Instructional Guidelines contain detailed information that may be useful to the classroom instructor in achieving the Education Standards.

Released by the FICEMS Technical Working Group in 2014, this memorandum lists several specific actions for FICEMS to take to ensure preparedness for Ebola and other infectious diseases.

EMS officials, managers, and medical directors can use this information to develop transport networks, transport plans, and standard operating procedures, protocols, and training for interfacility transport of persons under investigation or confirmed patients with Ebola Virus Disease.

This FICEMS report was designed to improve coordination among FICEMS member agencies on EMS system pandemic influenza preparedness.

This document provides specific recommendations for 911 personnel and Public Safety Answering Points in preparing for and responding to an influenza pandemic.

This document is intended to be used as a framework for pandemic influenza planning. It provides general guidance, considerations, references and ideas that can enhance the optimal delivery of emergency care and 911 services during an influenza pandemic.

The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) worked together to compile these best practices into this document to assist you as you respond to civil unrest incidents in your community.

Published by the CDC in 2018, this resource outlines standard capabilities to advance the emergency preparedness and response capacity of state and local public health systems. The capability standards are a vital framework for jurisdictional public health agencies and allow state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies to advance response strategies aligned with community needs.

This document, developed at the request of HHS ASPR, unifies multiple sources of information in a single planning document addressing the full spectrum of infectious agents to create a concise reference resource for EMS agencies developing their service policies

PHSMA's 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook provides first responders with a go-to manual to help quickly identify emergency response procedures to deal with hazmat transportation accidents during the critical first 30 minutes.

This document summarizes coping strategies and tactics to reduce the effect of emergency-care drug shortages on patient care.

This document, released by HHS, DOT and DHS in 2018, provides a quick refresher for EMS and hospitals on standard protocols for recognizing, treating and protecting yourself from nerve agent exposures.

A group of resources were developed for U.S. emergency response professionals to learn about fourth generation agents and how to protect themselves if an incident involving them should ever occur. They are available on the Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management website.