Supporting Information
Hospital and Healthcare System Preparedness Program
CDPH receives funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Hospital Preparedness Program.
Individual, Family and Community Preparedness
There is never too much preparedness when it means saving a LIFE! You can cope with disaster by preparing in advance and by working with your family as a team. Preparation should include: getting informed (including a checklist), making a plan, assembling, and maintaining your plan and kit.
Learn What To Do: Public Health Emergencies & Dangers
The DCC Emergency Notification system will contact residents via the telephone and provide disaster specific information. If you are ordered to evacuate, the system will also advise you on where you should relocate.
Long Term Care Facility Evacuation Training
Information on Collaborative Healthcare Urgency Group’s (CHUG) Evacuation Plan for all Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facilities in Chicago.
Medical Reserve Corps
The national Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a volunteer group of both medical and non-medical professionals, organized on a local basis to help provide needed services to their communities during emergencies and disasters.
Medications for the Public During Public Health Emergencies
The Chicago Department of Public Health is the local agency responsible for distributing protective medication from the federal government’s national stockpile to Chicago residents in the event of a large-scale emergency or disaster.
Plan Together
In a disaster, your neighbors will be the people in your community that you and your family turn to for immediate help. That’s why it always is important to check on your neighbors and prepare as a community for emergencies, especially those that occur seasonally, like extreme heat and extreme cold.
Protecting food from power failures
Advice and strategies for keeping your food safe during an emergency
Public Health Emergency Training and Exercises
The Chicago Department of Public Health maintains a robust training and exercise program to test current emergency plans and to identify areas for improvement based on exercise objectives drawn from Homeland Security and Public Health Target Capabilities and Exercise Evaluation Guidelines based on the overall Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program.
Recovering from a Disaster
Disasters often strike with little or no warning. In an instant your home and community can be damaged or destroyed and forever changed. Even if your home or business does not suffer directly, no one who experiences a disaster is untouched by it.
Training Tools Highlight Psychological First Aid Basics
New psychological first aid training video for health care workers and first responders.
What is a Public Health Emergency?
A public health emergency is any adverse event (natural or man-made) that compromises the health of the population and has the potential to cause widespread illness