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Mission:
Create and maintain a system for responding to public health emergencies by enhancing existing local planning efforts for resources, expertise, communication and personnel, in order to increase the capabilities to manage a large number of casualties and/or disruption of services
Goals include:
(A)To identify the available resources and planning efforts that already exist
(B)To facilitate communication and cooperation among the various entities and resources to bring about a more organized and effective response to an emergency situation, whether natural or
Bioterrorism-based
(C)To provide a mechanism for collaborative planning and analysis of existing plans throughout the service area
(D)To act as a catalyst for bringing together a mechanism for testing the total capabilities of the area and for providing ongoing communication and evaluation of the capability to respond to an emergency
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