The Health Department's Emergency Preparedness Team is crucial to our county's disaster response efforts. They handle the internal planning, response, and recovery for any disaster impacting our community, coordinating with entities such as Chippewa County Emergency Management. Additionally, numerous local businesses and organizations collaborate with the Health Department to enhance this planning process.

Within Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP), there are 15 National Standards that outline the essential roles for effective community preparedness and response. These capabilities include:

• Community Preparedness
• Community Recovery
• Emergency Operations Coordination
• Emergency Public Information and Warning
• Information Sharing
• Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration
• Medical Material Management and Distribution
• Nonpharmaceutical Interventions
• Responder Safety and Health
• Fatality Management
• Volunteer Management
• Public Health Laboratory Testing
• Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation