WELCOME TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE & PREPAREDNESS

Butte County Public Health Department collaborates with local hospitals and health care providers, fire departments, Office of Emergency Management, law enforcement and other partners to protect the public from negative health outcomes in times of emergencies and disasters.

How We Protect You:

• We provide education about emerging public health threats such as a flu pandemic.
• We provide credible information to help you prepare to protect yourself and your family in an emergency.
• We work to ensure that the Public Health Department's employees and staff are prepared to respond to
pandemics, natural disasters and other emergencies that threaten public health.
• We coordinate and process requests for health and medical mutual aid resources during emergencies and
disasters.
• We routinely train and exercise with local and statewide partners to improve emergency response capabilities.

Individuals, agencies, or businesses that desire more information or wish to speak with Public Health Emergency Preparedness Planning staff please feel free to call 538-2166.

How to Prepare

The reality is, if we have a major disaster, our first responders will be stretched thin. In a major disaster, it might be at least three days until vital services are restored. The buttons above provide information and ideas to help prepare your home, work-place, and community for this 72-hour period.

Could You Survive For 72-hrs? Butte County Public Health, 2010. This document was designed as a collaborate effort between Public Health, Environmental Health, and Animal Control to provide you with information and ideas to help prepare your home, work-place and community for a period of 3 days:
2010 Butte County 72 hr Plan

For detailed information on well disinfection and food safety/storage during a power outage please visit our Environmental Health Department website.

Personal Emergency Preparedness Handbook, CARD June 2009

Parents & Caregivers, CARD 2008

What to do If ...

Landslide Safety Checklist, American Red Cross 2009
Thunderstorms Safety Checklist, American Red Cross 2009
Returning Home After Flooding, American Red Cross 2009
Heat Wave Safety Checklist, American Red Cross 2009

Disaster Healthcare Volunteers, Butte County Unit

Program utilized by Butte County Public Health to establish, manage, and deploy an organized group of pre-registered medical or non-medical volunteers to support emergency systems already in place during a disaster event.

General Information

Trainings and Community Events


Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun


Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Join us this year for the Personal Preparedness Challenge 2010, Get Ready & Stay Ready campaign. Emergency Planning can be overwhelming if you attempt to think about every situation. This program (developed by the UCLA Health System) has been designed so that each month, you can take one step to completing your personal preparedness. At the end of the year, you and your family will have successfully completed a emergency plan and put together a disaster kit.

The Seven Day Challenge is a mock disaster that will last 7 days in which participants will have a chance to test their level of preparedness in a simulated emergency environment.

Teachers Resources

For Elementary Grade Levels

Butte County Public Health is proud to recommend the award-winning Masters of Disaster cross-discipline disaster preparedness curriculum which teaches children how to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other emergencies. Developed by the American Red Cross, availability is now in customized formats for both families and educators. This series is an educational tool that will teach youth the importance of preparedness while reducing the fear of the unexpected. The goal is to empower youth with confidence and knowledge to prepare for disasters and help create a culture of preparedness. The lessons are non-threatening, age appropriate and adhere to national education standards.

Direct link to K-8 Curriculum

Butte County Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) Disaster Sub-Committee Meeting Schedule 2012

The EMCC Disaster Planning sub-committee meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month to discuss disaster planning, training and the exercising of facility disaster plans. The group potentiates response abilities by pulling resources together from multiple disciplines including, hospitals, clinics, tribal health, skilled nursing facilities and several county departments. A portion of this meeting is dedicated to the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) which includes updates, equipment/supply purchases, contract development and Partnership Coalition activities. This meeting is an excellent forum for exchange of information related to disaster response and planning. Below are the meeting dates and time for 2012:

Date	Time	Location
01/16/2013	2:00pm	Enloe Conference Center
02/20/2013	2:00pm	TBD
03/20/2013	2:00pm	TBD
04/17/2013	2:00pm	TBD
05/15/2013	2:00pm	TBD
06/19/2013	2:00pm	TBD
07/17/2013	2:00pm	TBD
08/21/2013	2:00pm	TBD
09/18/2013	2:00pm	TBD
10/16/2013	2:00pm	TBD
11/20/2013	2:00pm	TBD
12/18/2013	2:00pm	TBD