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Public Health Coordinator
DELYNN DRAPER-RUTHERFORD
Disaster Preparedness
(812) 282-7521 The office of the Public Health Coordinator
has the objective of coordinating and collaborating with local emergency
response personnel in order to develop a county disaster preparedness
and emergency response plan for Clark County, Indiana. This
includes events that are both natural and man made. |
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Call for
Volunteers!
The Clark County Health Department needs the community's support with
protecting our citizens health. The North American
Human Influenza Virus H1N1 (sometimes called Swine Flu) could affect you
and your families, the virus is spreading rapidly throughout the United
States. The FDA hopes to approve a vaccine for H1N1 for mass
distribution by late October. In response the Clark County Health
Department anticipates holding public clinics to provide vaccines for those
who wish to be vaccinated. These clinics will require the
assistance of our citizens to quickly and efficiently vaccinate the
community.
We are asking for volunteers from both the medical community and
other skilled persons to assist in this enormous process. If you
are willing to help your community please complete the following forms
and submit via email, fax, or US Postal Service these two forms:
If returning forms by US Mail please sent the to the following:
Clark County
Health Department
Attn:
DeLynn Rutherford
1320 Duncan
Avenue
Jeffersonville,
IN 47130
If faxing, please
fax to (812)288-2711
Thank you in advance for your
assistance, we will contact you when you are needed most.
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How to prepare for Public Health Emergencies
Start by doing your part to prepare. Take a
look at
these guidelines on the Clark County Health Department's Public
Health Coordinator's web pages, and by visiting the links below.
For information on preparing for public health
emergencies, look at the Indiana State Department of Health website's
public health preparedness facts, including links to videos,
instructions on dealing with suspicious packages, public directories,
preparing an emergency kit and more.
More Information and Related Weblinks
The Department of Homeland Security
The Indiana Department
of Homeland Security
The Centers for Disease
Control Emergency Preparedness
The federal emergency
Management Agency
The American Red
Cross
The Environmental
Protection Agency
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