Guide for Planning the Use of Scarce Resources During a Public Health Emergency in Kansas (.pdf)

How to Use PharmFinder
Click this link to access a PharmFinder tutorial (.doc).

2009-2010 Public Health Preparedness Program Grant Application
Local health departments and regional groups are encouraged to file their 2009-2010 Public Health Preparedness and Cities Readiness Initiative grant applications electronically by submitting work plans, budgets, affidavits and interest earnings reports.

EMS Best Practices Synopsis (.pdf) and EMS Planning Guidance (.pdf)
Emergency planning is one of the most integral steps in fulfilling your EMS agency’s mission. The role of emergency planning is to ensure that, through effective preparation, your agency will be positioned to achieve short and long term response and recovery during an emergency event.

KS Preparedness Times - Spring 2009 (.pdf)
The KS Preparedness Times quarterly newsletter is your source for updates on public health preparedness in our state. Click the link above for the latest on planning and preparedness, training, exercises, staffing, local, state and national issues, and incident response!

Interim Guidance for Cargo Trucking Crews for the Prevention of Pandemic Influenza
Cargo trucking is part of the critical infrastructure essential to maintaining the Nation’s continuity of operations in the event of an influenza (flu) pandemic (a worldwide outbreak of a novel flu virus). This draft interim guidance is meant to inform and educate cargo trucking management and crew personnel about precautions and appropriate work practices to minimize exposure and prevent workplace-related transmission of flu in the event of a pandemic. These recommendations are primarily based on standard infection control practices and information about preventing seasonal flu and specific concerns associated with the potential for an outbreak of pandemic flu.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/health/cargo_trucking.html

Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Template for All-Hazards Response Plan
The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Division of Mental Health, has charged the Kansas All-Hazards Behavioral Health Program (KAHBH) with the responsibility of producing the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Template for All-Hazards Response Plan. KAHBH has developed a plan template that describes the organization, scope and expectations for provision of disaster preparedness and response activities in order to provide CMHC’s the information necessary to develop their own unique all-hazards response plan.

Join the Medical Reserve Corps
The MRC is a community-based volunteer organization for health professionals and others who wish to engage in response and public health based volunteerism. Click this link to learn more and join!