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HURRICANE FLORENCE

HURRICANE FLORENCE. Maximized Lessons Learned / Improvement Plan from Spring National Level Exercise. Published Health Hazard Public Messaging. Tracked Operational Continuity in Public Health and Healthcare Facilities.

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HURRICANE FLORENCE

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  1. HURRICANE FLORENCE • Maximized Lessons Learned / Improvement Plan from Spring National Level Exercise. • Published Health Hazard Public Messaging. • Tracked Operational Continuity in Public Health and Healthcare Facilities. • Staffed State Emergency Operations Center and VDH Emergency Coordination Center. • Maintained 24/7 real-time situational awareness. • Provided Staffing to local and state managed shelters. • Tracked storm-related fatalities. • Deployed 34 Public Health and Medical Reserve Corps Nurses to support NC shelters • Draft After Action Report Completed

  2. Public Health and Healthcare Preparedness Update • Updating OEP Strategic and VDH Emergency Response Plans • Completed Fall Mass Vaccination Exercises across the Commonwealth • Preparing for Full-scale Mass Medical Countermeasure Distribution and Dispensing Exercise in Fall ‘19. • Managing CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness, HHS Hospital Preparedness, and CD Opioid Response Grants. • Facilitating VDH Addiction Incident Management Team Planning. • Annual Health Preparedness Academy scheduled March ‘19 in Va. Beach • NACCHO Project Public Health Ready

  3. Medical Countermeasures (MCM)– Operational Readiness Review (ORR) • Rigorous, evidence-based assessment that evaluates planning & operational capabilities of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program. • Focuses on evaluating a jurisdiction's ability to execute a large response requiring MCM distribution & dispensing. • Outcome of this assessment is: • To identify strengths and challenges facing preparedness programs across the nation • To identify opportunities for improvement and further technical support • CDC will conduct the Commonwealth’s review on April 24.

  4. Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) • All Health Districts Recognized and Re-recognized • Third Round Prep began August ‘18 • ~ 1/3 LHDs participate annually • State review precedes project submittal to NACCHO • VDH provides Reviewers for out-of-state reviews • 100% recognition is Governor’s Goal

  5. Training and Exercise Planning Workshops • The purpose of the TEPW is to use the guidance provided by grant and funding requirements to identify and set exercise program priorities and develop a multi-year schedule of exercise events and supporting training activities to meet those priorities • Regional TEPW workshops • Use a gap analysis • areas of improvement from exercises and real events • external factors • grants, legislative, threats, hazards, accreditation standards), Training Needs Assessments • Determine Training Needs • Work together to create a Multi-year training & exercise plan • Exercise Implementation/plan execution • Quarterly review/revision • Annual Statewide TEPW

  6. VDH Training Needs Assessment • January 28-February 8, 2019 • Performed every 2 years • 82% response rate with over 3,000 individual responses • Emergency Preparedness focused with additional data collected upon request • Allows for state wide trends to be found and addressed from individual offices • Training Coordinators met with each health department to help determine local needs and develop strategies • 2017 Results are available on the VDH website: • http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/emergency-preparedness/training-education/

  7. Preparedness Academy/Field Epi Seminar • Public Health and health care attendees • Location rotates around the state • Academy 2019: March 19-21 in Virginia Beach • Emergency preparedness & response topics • 2 days- general sessions and breakouts or exercise • Exhibits • Field Epi Seminar • Outbreaks in past year- 20 minutes each • One day • Live and via webinar

  8. Community Based Emergency Response Series(CBERS) • Regional sessions planned with different partners • 2019 topic: Chempak • Partnering with Virginia Department of Emergency Management and Virginia State Police • Seven sessions Spring 2019 • Central • Eastern Region- 2 • Northern • Northwest • Southwest- near and far

  9. Community Based Emergency Response Series(CBERS) • Forensic Epidemiology 2005 • Isolation and Quarantine 2006 • Preparing for All Abilities 2007 • Communicating Effectively in a Crisis 2008 • Emergency Planning for Food Facilities 2009 • Emergency Planning for Congregate Care Facilities 2009 • N95 Respirator Fit Testing for healthcare & first responders 2010 • Emergency Planning for Home Care Support Providers 2011 • Strategies to Support People with Dementia during Emergencies in • Congregate Care Facilities 2012 • Improved Crisis Planning Through Healthcare Coalitions 2013 • Psychological First Aid 2014 • EPR for Pharmacists 2015 • Planning for Pediatric Surge 2016 • Water You Drinking 2017 • Emergency Preparedness Exercise Design Fundamentals for 17 CMS Providers/Suppliers 2018

  10. Exercises • VOPEX- Annual Radiological Exercise • VERTEX- Annual, Statewide Hurricane Exercises • Preparing for Full-scale Mass Medical Countermeasure Distribution and Dispensing Exercise in Fall 2019 • Technical support on exercises to VDH Local Health Districts, VDH Offices and Coalitions

  11. Recent Acknowledgements • National Health Security Preparedness Index – Top 2 States • Robert Wood Johnson Ready or Not Report – Top 5 States • NACCHO Project Public Health Ready – Only state with all local health districts recognized

  12. Bob Mauskapf, Director Emergency Preparedness Bob.Mauskapf@vdh.virginia.gov 804-864-7035 James Moss, Plans / SNS Coordinator James.Moss@vdh.virginia.gov 804-864-7034 Jennifer Freeland VDH State Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer.Freeland@vdh.virginia.gov 804-396-0543 Jonathan Kiser, Behavioral Health / Opioid Planner Jonathan.Kiser@vdh.Virginia.gov General Info / Contact http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/OEP/ Parham Jaberi, Dep Commissioner PHP Parham.jaberi@vdh.virginia.gov 804-864-7025 Kim Allan, Ops Director PHP Kim.allan@vdh.Virginia.gov 804-864-7030 Suzi Silverstein, Assistant Director Emergency PreparednessSuzi.Silverstein@vdh.virginia.gov 840-864-7538 Patrick Ashley, Hospital Emergency Coordinator Patrick.Ashley@vdh.virginia.gov 804-864-7033 Lean Abdelaziz, CDC Assignee Lean.abdelaziz@vdh.virginia.gov 804-864-8231 Questions?

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