Useful Links

East Metro Health District (Georgia), our partner.

The national Medical Reserve Corps web site.

ServGA - all members need to be registered here and should update their profiles regularly.

National Weather Service

National Hurricane Center

CDC's Health-e-Cards - free e-cards that show you care

Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps Annual Report

Rand Health Preparedness Database provides a searchable database of exercises used to evaluate public health preparedness. Includes numerous resources such as papers and Powerpoint presentations.

Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness works to ensure that frontline public health workers are prepared to respond to public health emergencies including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and disease outbreaks.

Centers for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP) resource center provides exercise scenarios that you can use in your community.

Bird Flu Breaking News offers focused avian flu (H5N1) news along with the best related blogs and articles from thousands of sources around the world.

Public Health Emergency Response: A Guide for Leaders and Responders is "for people in a state, city, county, or town who come together during times of emergency, make the tough decisions about how to manage the crisis, and put their boots on the ground to save lives and protect the health and safety of area residents." The entire 130-page guide is available here in electronic form.

Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness is a gateway to freely available online resources related to public heath preparedness. Resources include expert guidelines, factsheets, websites, research reports, articles, and other tools aimed at the public health community. All resources are cataloged and may be searched by keyword or browsed by topic.

Promising pandemic preparedness practices from 27 US states and 43 counties & cities chosen through a peer-review process.